Forgotten Ground Regained

Red Kite

Red kite riding the air’s rapidsLightward loops, level glides,Westward wheels his crimson way,Setting sun on his shining feathers.Graceful he glides, but on the groundWith carrion crows competes for gobbets,Bloody-beaked on the road’s backbone;Rises renewed through the rack of sunset,Wind-walker, world-wanderer.Bright-winged bird!
Copyright © Fiona Richardson, 2024 First Published in Forgotten Ground Regained, New Series, Issue 5, Winter, 2025
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