Why The Kite Seldom Prey On A Duckling. Poem by Tony Adah

The kite is a great bird of prey
And it prays
For flesh fresh everyday
From other birds
One day it flew to a nearby tree
And watched the hen
Prowling with her chicks
On green, yellow and brown fallen leaves.

When he found the chicks in range
He pounced on one
And away it flew
The hen got angry
That she attempted
Flying after the kite but in vain
The kite perturbed a bit
Stopped and hovered to see
The action of the hen
And when he found that
The hen's noise was empty
He flew away with his meal

On another day
The kite saw a duck
Scavenging by the garden side
With her ducklings in camouflage
Of brown and yellow leaves
He watched and descended
On the duckling
And silently the duck watched
Him fly away with her duckling
But the kite afraid of the duck's silence
Came back and dropped the duckling
The reason why today the kite
Is reluctant to prey on a duckling.