Posted on 05/25/2019 10:26:04 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
The eagle seemed unusually large to me, too. I’ve seen eagles and they weren’t that big.
BUT— doing a search on eagle size, I realize they can vary, and the size of the one on the tombstone can be large.
Reading the size of the tombstone — the bird size makes sense.
Ok, I accept what you say. I guess the eagles I see up here in the PNW must be a bit farther away than I imagine — mental perspective thing. When I lived near the Skagit Basin in western WA eagles were practically swarming at times (slight hyperbole).
Beautiful poem!
I wrote the following poem for this picture:
The Eagle’s Watch
In a quiet river valley
Lies a green and peaceful place,
Where warriors come to rest,
Having honorably met their fates.
No more do they stand the watch,
Their worthy service done,
They’ve passed their duties on
To other Fathers’ sons.
Yet flying high above them,
On silent wings spread wide,
Soars freedom’s embodiment
And a country’s sign of pride.
The mighty Eagle watches o’er all,
And guards their well-earned rests.
For he like they, knows the feel,
Of Freedom in his chest.
And though he does his best to guard
The fallen warriors’ sleep,
Still at times he grows so weary,
And must rest his wings a-beat.
So slowly he glides his way,
To where the fallen rest.
And there he bides his time a bit,
Among the honored Vets.
And though he knows no words,
Of the valiant warriors’ speech.
Still they communicate,
In a way that words can’t reach.
Having communed with those who lie,
Among the rows of stone.
The Eagle takes to flight again,
And resumes his post alone.
In endless soaring circles,
He surely makes his rounds.
Guarding the fallen heroes,
Who make this hallowed ground.
Copyright © 2011 by Jack Cook
That was my profile pic on FB for a long time.
Also they are usually referred to as an ‘army of eagles’ or sometimes an ‘aerie of eagles’.
And thanks Kartographer - I posted the pic and poem on my FB page - so fitting for Memorial Day weekend.
Wonderful. Thanks.
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