AM I BLUE
            Dave Ruslander
                c. 2000
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  There's a rookery.
  Great Blue Heron nest
  on Henricus Island.

  Strong nests
  high in Pin Oaks
  await mated pairs.

  Gangly shaped birds
  carry grass and twigs
  to decorate their haunt.

  Forty-inch wings
  undulate to pull
  elongated bodies,

  flying sibilance.
  Arrow straight
  stick legs support

  wonderfully large birds.
  Mother and Father
  care for the brood.

  Like rush hour traffic
  they fly back and forth
  with fish for young.

  Deep throated voice:
  Hoarse, deep
  guttural squawk.


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