(These three poems were written over a period of 12 years – 1982, 1983, and 1994.)
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Sang the eagle to the lioness,
come lunch here next to me —
we can eat such fine desserts
beneath the sapodillo tree.
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Said the lioness to the eagle,
I know it would be sweet —
but I am full and your dessert
is more than I dare eat.
.
Sang the eagle to the lioness,
then come lie in the shade —
you can tell me what you’re thinking
and I’ll show you what I’ve made.
.
Said the lioness to the eagle,
there is naught for you to show,
and my thoughts are far away, you see —
it’s best that you don’t know.
.
I understand, the eagle sang,
‘tis love you can’t betray.
With that he smiled and spread his wings
and winking, flew away.
.
The lioness whispered after him,
friend, if you only knew –
‘twas for a love I’ve never seen
that I was being true.
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(c) 1994, 2012 Betty Hayes Albright
Seasonings 
I enjoyed this one too Betty. Nicely done 🙂
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Thanks again, Norma!
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Oh my goodness, Betty–I’m doing the gasp thing, and clutching my chest. The ending is perfect, and I know it so deeply. Great work.
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Thank you Caddo – I knew you would resonate.
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Oh Betty I just love this one!!! 🙂
Much love
Christine xx
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Christine, thank you again!
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And finally a fitting end
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But a beginning, as well. 🙂 (Come to think of it, the Mayberrie poems began after these….)
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Oh…I’ve enjoyed all these also…just wonderful.
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Thank you, Charlie! Glad you enjoyed. 🙂
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Hmmm… a strange relationship forged in this ending. From desire and slyness to cross-species love? I did not expect this ending, Betty. Interesting set of poems.
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Hi Thomas – it’s good to hear from you! I know the “story” in these poems is incomplete (and probably incoherent) – so the reader should just take them as allegories for events that were happening at the times they were written. Attraction, disillusionment and moving on, and then to another chapter – 11 years later (which continues in Mayberrie I guess!)
Hope all is going well! Sorry to be so far behind in reading yours and Ethel’s blog (among everyone else’s!) – will try to get caught up soon.
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Betty,
Have really enjoyed your lioness & eagle poetry. Thank you very much for them. I am having a terrible time posting comments on almost all of my followed bloggers’ writings. WordPress does not even accept my question about this on their “Help” section. Is it possible you could offer some advice?
Lindy Lee
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Hi Lindy! Two of your recent comments have ended up in my spam folder, so I was able to “unspam” them. A few others were having this problem last spring and the solution was to go to the Akismet website (which is the program filtering “spam”) and message them about it. Far as I know, this worked – Akismet just needed to go in and fix whatever had gone awry with your account.
Also let your readers know to check their spam folders for comments from you. If enough of them “unspam” you as I did, that should also help to re-set your comments as safe. Hope this helps!! Your comments are of great value to me, so hopefully you can get this straightened out soon. Let me know what happens.
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Wonderful series of poetry Betty. You could expand this idea, or write others of a similar style (which I know you have already!) to make a book.
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Wonderful how a theme retains its energy and vivid life over such a stretch of time. Thank you for these, Betty.
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This is just gorgeous! Not at all what I was expecting, but so beautiful. I had goosebumps reading the last few lines.
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Tis’ a sad poem for me Betty. And I can relate that kind of sadness for a love I’ve never seen yet been true to. A fable-like poem. I enjoyed this a lot.
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