Weekly Poetry Challenge Five and Six

week 11 the Turkey Vrs the Eagle Grand Debate

week 11 the Turkey Vrs the Eagle Grand Debate

At the dawn
Of the American Government
A fierce debate raged

Should the new country
Have an official bird
As a mascot or not?

Some prefered
The majestic bald eagle
Symbolic of power.

But shared by others
In Europe as well.

Others prefered
Like Ben Franklin
Preferred the Turkey
Native to America

A compromise of sorts
Emerged.

The Eagle
became the informal mascot
As did the turkey
Which people began to eat
Every Thanksgiving.

Nearly 250 years later
Someone discovered,

That the eagle had never
Been formally voted
As the national mascot bird.

And so Congress
Corrected that mistake.

And now
We have the Eagle
And the turkey.

One a symbol
And one we eat.

As our twin national birds.




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Prompt/Week # 13



Write a poem about a bird!
Any bird, any color, your choice!