Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.144.28.50
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
Animal Freedom A Christmas walk in soft sun of winter Across crisp fields of umber and green, A sharp breeze blowing with freedom On their faces, aglow with the hope Of seeing one again – a bird; their bird, Soaring and diving defiantly so. The eagle. Powerful, swift and so Free. Wings outstretched on currents of winter Warmth, rising higher than any other bird. It’s golden feathers shimmering over green Hills and clear blue skies, in the hope Of spying prey, running in a last bid for freedom. They looked and walked and talked in freedom, Enjoying the country lanes and paths in so Carefree a manner; such a rich land of hope, Bursting with creatures alive in the winter Meadows: robins, rabbits, hares, a green Woodpecker, and many a chattering bird. They paused to rest and listen to bird Song and breeze, relishing in the freedom At the heart of nature, so fresh and green; When suddenly, they saw a bush shaking so Violently. They stopped and stared, the winter Wind? Too strong. They watched in hope Of seeing something curious, or in the hope Of discovering if this at last was their bird, Hunting untamed in the wilds of winter. They approached, careful not to intrude on the freedom Of the wild, but all they could see was a fluttering so Urgent, flapping wings, a rubbed-raw leg, a thread of green. A blackbird was trapped on a branch by green String; frantic, desperate panic, yet hope Shone in its eyes, pleadingly so. They spoke softly, carefully untying the bird, Which flew off to the wind in a cry of freedom. They felt proud, liberated, in a wonderland of winter. They ran home for dinner of green sprouts and festive roast bird; Bred in darkness and stench, no hope of daylight or freedom. Incarcerated, deformed, wounded so bad, in a long-hardened winter. Spare a thought for your turkey this Christmas…
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required