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- The Chilling Birth of an Emperor
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The Chilling Birth of an Emperor
Eighty below and a blizzard blows
over the arctic ice and snow
a cracked egg between two legs
rests on a penguin's toes.
When a little beak takes a peek
at the white world outside its shell
continually trying to shed its confines
a baby bird bursts, into a frozen hell.
The father with love picks it up from above
tucks it into a bed of feathered fur
enchantingly genuine, a baby penguin
the chilling birth of an Emperor.
All the clouds gathered and witness this sight
born is a bird that will never take flight.
- COMMENTS
BikeNutabout 17 years agoabout a hot topic with everyone's love of penguins. Billie
OSoBuffabout 17 years agoThis tale took me to the bottom of the world, like a little National Geographic Special.
CaPic267about 17 years agoThose darling images you give here are only wrecked when you think of the hard life they have .. and if one parent dies while fishing it's bad news. CP
PatHous56about 17 years agoWith an Easter so cold, what could be better than to read of the perils and joys of Antarctic life?
Anonymousabout 17 years agoAwww...this is cute. Nice to read a cute, fuzzy birdy poem. :)
-Curiouswife
wildsweetoneabout 17 years agoi mentioned this poem in the new poem review thread in the poetry forum - wildsweetone
LeBrozabout 17 years agoAll very well and nicely descriptive with one tiny geographic detail out of place — I think you could have kept everything intact if you'd said antarctic instead. Still, making for creative allowances, a most enjoyable little piece.
