Famous Roosting Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Roosting poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous roosting poems. These examples illustrate what a famous roosting poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Hawk Roosting

...
I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed.
Inaction, no falsifying dream
Between my hooked head and hooked feet:
Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.

The convenience of the high trees!
The air's buoyancy and the sun's ray
Are of advantage to me;
And the earth's face upward for my inspection.

My feet are locked upon the rough bark.
I...Read more of this...
by Hughes, Ted


Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens

...their feathers
as they raced about my bed.

They were on the chairs and tables,
they were on the chandeliers,
they were roosting in the corners,
they were clucking in my ears,
there were chickens, chickens, chickens
for as far as I could see...
when I woke today, I noticed
there were eggs on top of me....Read more of this...
by Prelutsky, Jack

Sleepy Harry

...
Then, Betty, you must come and carry
This very foolish little Harry. 

The little birds are better taught,
They go to roosting when they ought: 
And all the ducks, and fowls, you know, 
They went to bed an hour ago. 

The little beggar in the street,
Who wanders with his naked feet,
And has not where to lay his head,
Oh, he'd be glad to go to bed....Read more of this...
by Taylor, Jane

The Bullfinches

...e pinions fold 
 Unto those who sang of old. 

 When I flew to Blackmoor Vale, 
 Whence the green-gowned faeries hail, 
Roosting near them I could hear them 
 Speak of queenly Nature's ways, 
 Means, and moods,--well known to fays. 

 All we creatures, nigh and far 
 (Said they there), the Mother's are: 
Yet she never shows endeavour 
 To protect from warrings wild 
 Bird or beast she calls her child. 

 Busy in her handsome house 
 Known as Space, she falls a-drowse; 
Yet, i...Read more of this...
by Hardy, Thomas

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