Poetry
Winter Hawk
The solitary sentinel
She is a solitary sentinel
scanning every movement
in these winter-trampled fields.
Laziness is foreign to her bones.
Neither cruelty nor greed
inform her wild soul.
She is a solitary sentinel
scanning every movement
in these winter-trampled fields.
Laziness is foreign to her bones.
Neither cruelty nor greed
inform her wild soul.
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Exploring animal welfare, animal care, and the human-animal bond.
Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.