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Poems
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The Eagle

She Rides the Sky like she owns the sun,
on a sea of air and light –
surfing, skimming, rising high,
then sweeping low and tight.

She swoops to catch a perfect wave,
her wings held straight and true.
You lift your chin and hold your breath
and wish you could do it too.

TODAY AT THE BLUEBIRD CAFÉ: A BRANCHFUL OF BIRDS By Deborah Ruddell Text copyright © 2007 Used with permission of Margaret K. McElderry, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.