Guacharo Poem by Douglas Scotney
Guacharo
The huasos of Southern Chile
know ways through the Andes.
A huaquero robs tombs;
a huaca is a holy place.
An ahuacatyl is an avocado -
a guaca or a huaca for short.
An avocado therefore,
is a holy place.
That doesn't stop a bird
from robbing it though -
the bird that does that
is the guacharo.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: bird,fruit,language
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Unlike the nightjars they resemble, which eat insects, the Oilbird is a frugivore (fruit-eater) , favoring oily, fatty wax palm and avocado fruits, which they pluck from trees with their formidable-looking hooked beaks, then swallow whole. Oilbirds may range up to 150 miles in a single night as they forage.
huasos = horsemen
huasos = horsemen
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