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9 I saw a woodpecker today I saw a woodpecker today Edging its way up a tree. I looked the other way, An eagle hovered nearby. I heard mother hen calling its young Knew the hunter had picked its prey. Then he swooped ! Looking up, I saw the helpless infant borne swiftly away. But, I did not catch one sound And knew it had defied its mother -- an easy prey on its own -Only mother hen furiously clucking She had lost one of her young. Feathers and wings stuck out, She was ready for the big war. Carleton University, Ottawa, 1976 ...

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