Birds of Prey

Sue Cartwright • 10 October 2025

A poem about the powerful architypal energy of birds of prey

Birds of Prey - A Poem by Sue Cartwright, Spiral Leaf


Golden Eagle, magnificent lone sentry of the sky;

Sea Eagle of Zeus in Jupiter, victorious, divine;

A single White Tailed Eagle on a rock, a symbol, a sign;

A warning from the Gaelic Eagle with the sunlit eye.


Stealthy wings, swift, elegant, distinct, compelling;

Broad strokes, dynamic speeds, driving momentum;

Rising high to glide on air, climbing in a continuum;

Razor-like eyes, swooping down, talons out, decending.


Falcons of the genus Falco, of the Sun God, Ra,

Long, pointed wings for agility, rapidity, thrust, drag;

Harbingers of vision, spiritual connection, universal power;

Revered by the Indigenous, spirit guides delivering prayer.


Red Kites, Ospreys, Buzzards, Sparrowhawks, Kestrels;

Goshawks, Tawny Owls, Barn Owls, Little Owls, Harriers;

Sharp sighted, soaring high, breaking all barriers,

Teaching us freedom, strength, inner peace and intuition.



Sue Cartwright

Spiral Leaf



Thank you for sharing!

 for you, for me and for Mother Nature

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