497. The Dalliance Of The Eagles by Walt Whitman
W Whitman read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n\n---------------------------------------\n\nThe Dalliance Of The Eagles\nby Walt Whitman (1819 \u2013 1992)\n\nSkirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) \nSkyward in the air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles, \nThe rushing amorous contact high in space together, \nThe clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel, \nFour beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass tight grappling, \nIn tumbling turning clustering loops, straight downward falling, \nTill o'er the river pois'd, the twain yet one, a moment's lull, \nA motionless still balance in the air, then parting, talons loosing, \nUpward again on slow-firm pinions slanting, their separate diverse flight, \nShe hers, he his, pursuing. \n\n\nFirst aired: 3 May 2008\n\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\n\nReading \xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009