White Bellbird: Loudest Bird In The World Poem by Terence George Craddock

hear startling the loudest
bird in the world scream
we will we will rock you

not the song gentle melodious
green black male korimako bellbird
in Aotearoa heard through mist

mystery kiwi beech forest
in far land of wield wonderful
in deep native bush wild

hidden places sound
of gentle breeze river
nearby close whispers...

bellbird males are olive-green
with a dark purplish sheen on
head black outer wing and tail

females are a duller olive-brown
with a blue sheen on the head
yellowish-white curving from

base of bill to below the eye
both have a notably red eye
both party birds rocked all night

cross mighty Pacific Ocean
to mighty Amazon Rainforest
jungle is decibels sudden split

is split with piercing solo call bird song strange
in distance is eerie haunting echo answer call
stillness sudden spike knows no noise control

in forest shocking loud sounds mechanical
sounds out of place wilderness unnatural
hear scream call Amazon white bellbird at

125 decibels this pigeon sized midget has pipes
Amazon white bellbird startling packs noise punch
the loudest bird in the world can concert rock it

rocks at decibel pneumatic drill drilling
louder than a jack hammer its a pile driver
a turbo prop plane starting revving engines

preparing for flight; metallic chimes metal
head pounding unsettling auditions to lead
heavy metal band no just a male mating call

attention seeker at 50 to 100 feet
away musical charming guaranteed
to get racy local hot chicks rocking it


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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