On Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania thousands upon thousands upon thousands of hawks in migration have been slaughtered for pleasure. Drawn north or south in spring and fall: merlin and kestrel, peregrine, gyrfalcon, marsh hawk, red-tailed, sharp-tailed, sharp-shinned, Swainson's hawk, golden eagle and osprey slaughtered for pleasure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM by RALPH WALDO EMERSON GOOD-BY AND KEEP COLD by ROBERT FROST THE MESSAGE, FR. THE FAIR MAID OF THE EXCHANGE by THOMAS HEYWOOD IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 30 by ALFRED TENNYSON THE SOBBING OF THE BELLS (MIDNIGHT, SEPT. 19-20, 1881) by WALT WHITMAN |