Sea Eagles, Sonnet from a R. Browning Snippet Challenge Options

[Larry]

Hi Syl,
This has been languishing in the Acropolis for nearly 3 weeks so I thought I'd take your advise and move it over to Plato's Pearls. Hope you like it!

Larry





Sea Eagles

A paradox! Sea-scented beaches rise
to where the clouds would break on granite spires
encased in ice. That’s where the eagle flies
to hunt. Its earnest glance in foaming gyres

of crashing waves reveals the food it seeks.
Abundance, as upon the orchard bough,
is gathered for the talons and the beaks
of chicks. They nest where all the peaks soar now.

And of a certain time when all shall fledge,
whether at dawn or in the dust and dark,
their flight’s a path of gold from mountain’s ledge.
To places of their own they all embark

where eagles reign and there’s no sign of men
with fledglings growing when the snows begin.

[Psyche]

Back again, all!

While reading up about "erne's" or "ern" in Wikipedia, I was struck by these magnificent sea eagles, related to the title and content of Larry's lovely sonnet.

Once I got into Wiki, I just followed on and got more information about S.A. condors. I already knew a great deal, but there's always more to learn, wherever you happen to be searching.

And so I remembered this beautiful music about the condor, played on native dwellers' original instruments. This is a modern ecuadorian native musician called Leo Rojas, who has travelled through Europe with enormous success, especially in Germany. I don't know his ethnic group. The president of Ecuador, Miguel Correa, is from one of the many Latin American ethnic first dwellers.

Below is a link to a video of Leo Rojas playing The Condor Passes. I always wonder how, onstage in front of large crowds, the same effect can be achieved.
Hope the link works!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYDrQqJVZMc

Enjoy, Syl