The Keriskan Gliders rest
Hanging in the branches
Huddled among the leaves
Their emerald skin
Bathed in sun and shadow
A single arm
Grasps their wooden perches
Spear-like legs
Dangle toward the ground
Waiting for the hunt
A shriek explodes
At the scent of prey
With leather on the wind
They choke the sky
With their numbers
Descending upon the river
Many fall from the sky
Splashing among the Yethys
Hopping on their single arm
Until collapsing on the shore
When all are fed
A warble of contentment
Follows the Keriskan Gliders
As they return to the trees
And sleep until the Yethys return
Legends of Windemere 
excellent, i like the term ‘choke the sky with their numbers’ it is a brilliant description, sir 🙂
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Thanks. I’m hoping to post another Bestiary poem today.
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cool, I shall look for it. I had never thought to write poems about the monsters and such in my own mythology, really inspiring, I may have a stab at it later. You have been my muse today, charles!
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I’m honored. I’m still wondering if I should leave it as a 50 page poetry book or try for more. It’s been suggested that I do a Bestiary series with different regions and creatures like an ocean, a mountain, dragons, cloud region, etc. It’s something to keep me occupied between novels, I guess.
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I really do like the idea of poetry for the bestiary, something I have not encountered before and I am fairly well read in fantasy fiction, It also tickles my fancy with a view to put something together for my troubadour project. The notion of doing a series pertaining to the regions of your mythology could be ambitious, depending on the scope of it, but it certainly sounds interesting and fun. I have written a ton that i keep intending to organise but get carried away writing more or playing around with other projects, so never seem to catagorise anything appropriately. One day…! I look forward to your next articles 🙂
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I never really considered putting Baltherhorn Vale into my fantasy world. It was kind of its own pocket realm for the poetry. I’m curious what your troubadour project is.
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I have a character in my my fist book, who will be one of the centre-piece characters in book two, he is a troubadour, there are some spectacular bards/troubadours throughout the history of my myhology and i have been collecting jokes that can have a fantasy spin and/or my own mythology’s spin on them, along with the insults/heckle put downs you liked and a number of stories, poems and songs (all relating to the fantasy world of mine). the idea is to put together a ‘guidebook’ or gaming suppliment style book just about the troubadours, who are among my favourites due to my love of their artform. I think i confused myself for a moment there, did that make sense? 🙂
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That does make sense and I like the idea. The troubadour/bard rarely gets showcased, so that’s a very original idea. The closest I’ve seen is a book where the main character disguises himself as a troubadour-type to spy on people.
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Thank you 🙂
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