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On a clifftop – bright and airy
The lad crept up – rather wary
His intent an egg – away to carry
From the majestic eagles’ aerie
His task his brother did elicit
To do the crime was quite explicit
Sam did say “no one will miss it,”
“In fact, only fools say it’s illicit.”
So the boy – the nest did approach
Thinking thus – he was beyond reproach
As on the mountain – he did encroach
The raptor’s legacy – to poach
But woe to him did befall
For the momma eagle was not small
With a swift dive she made him bawl
His back with talons, she did maul
So empty handed he did return
With brother Sam, he would be stern
For an important lesson he did learn
A life of thievery he now would spurn
Padre
Our homophone sets this week are:
aerie – eagle’s nest
airy – breezy
and
elicit – to draw out
illicit – unlawful
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wonderfully plotted and penned; I like the form, reminds me of Beowulf 🙂
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Well done – great use of the words. Did you use a particular poetry form ? It read really well.
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Hi, Thank you. As far as form, it might be a particular one, but in this case it just took form on its own.
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lol what a delightful telling!
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A great story with a valuable lesson. Well written.
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It looks like the momma eagle was properly on guard.
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This sounds to me it could be based on truth, a recount of a boyhood adventure! Great write.
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You wrote an entertaining story with a salutary lesson amid clever rhymes! Nice job, Padre.
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I think Mama eagle did a good job here.
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Nature is a great teacher and I could just picture a couple of young boys doing this sort of thing.
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