BIRD LORE
“I saw an eagle in a tree!”
She cried. “I know it was an omen
That God intended me to see.
And yesterday I saw a hawk
On top of a telephone pole.
Oh how I wish it could have talked
And told me the meaning of it all.”
The pagans thought birds could predict,
And Indians tell us what they mean.
An eagle is a holy spirit.
A hawk is wisdom with vision keen.
There is much comfort in such beliefs
Though eagles do winter on our bay
And hawks seek prey on our highways.
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