I just think that an Eagle's nest looks very uncomfortable and very exposed to the weather. So, even though I have often thought that I'd like to be an eagle, and to soar to the heights, when I think about living in or on one of their nests, I change my mnd. I'll keep my soft bed and pillow in a nice warm house, thank you. Besides, we learned to make airplanes now.

I thought a touch of Olde English would add to the feel of the poem.

This poem is a Slide Sonnet.
The Slide Sonnet was created by Victoria Sutton, aka "PassionsPromise."
Like most Sonnets, it has 14 lines. It is composed with eight, ten, or twelve syllables to each line. The unique feature of this format is, that the first half of the first line of each stanza, "slides" to the last half of the third line, creating a unique poetic repetition. The rhyme scheme may be in any of the standard Sonnet rhyme schemes, either: aabb ccdd eeff gg (coupled), or abab cdcd efef gg (alternating), or abba cddc effe gg (enveloped). It is typically done in iambic. The volta, or turn, occurs at line 9.

This photograph was taken by the author himself with a high power lens from 200 yards away, across a river, on March 12, 2015.

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