I don't know if anyone else is still reading these, but I'm enjoying them and it's nice to think I'll have an online anthology of some of my favourite pieces always available.

Tamer and Hawk

I thought I was so tough,
But gentled at your hands
Cannot be quick enough
To fly for you and show
That when I go I go
At your commands.

Even in flight above
I am no longer free:
You seeled me with your love,
I am blind to other birds-
The habit of your words
Has hooded me.

As formerly, I wheel
I hover and I twist,
But only want the feel,
In my possessive thought,
Of catcher and of caught
Upon your wrist.

You but half-civilize,
Taming me in this way.
Through having only eyes
For you I fear to lose,
I lose to keep, and choose
Tamer as prey.

Thom Gunn

Oh, and I had to look up 'seeled'

seel
1. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
2. Archaic.
a. to close (the eyes).
b. to blind.

But it makes a nice pun on 'sealed', don't you think?

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