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Kids,Don'T Kill My Bird

He's of a bright yellow and auburn color, and Autumn leaves match his feathers well; what a gorgeous canary stands on my window-sill... and I call him the friendliest, most talented warbler! Next door, there are heartless and crazy boys who harm birds by using slings and stones to bring them down, and then watch them die by inflicting more pain; that's so cruel, don't ever do it to another canary, rascals! Kids, don't kill my bird...he's a useful animal with the biggest heart in the Fauna's kingdom, if he ever died, I would be confined to dreary boredom! Let him live, so that I can continue living through the Fall! He comes to visit me hardly flipping his wings so fragile, and he surprises me sometimes, while I play at the piano so carried away by the notes that himself sings for me in a triad chord so simple; would you want to hear him sing that melody...are you listening to me? Birds are put in cages, if they were wild animals like lions and tigers, but they are the beautiful and gentle creatures of the Wild and they run from hunters, not from bird-watchers...and you say,"They aren't intelligent or wise!" Watch them in their habitat: you'll learn to adore them, and love them for life! Kids, don't kill my bird...he has caring parents like those in a loving family, I rescued him from a forest's trap...his legs were caught and they bled; I took him home and gave him first aid, and he miraculously survived! Did God send this bird to me...to test me how compassionate I would be?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 4/13/2010 3:57:00 PM
perhaps god did. john
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Date: 4/12/2010 11:17:00 PM
Congrats on the win. Well penned poem. Impressed
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Date: 4/10/2010 10:26:00 AM
This is a great poem and I hope it changes some hearts. I do not understand the thrill of killing a defenseless bird. Thank goodness my children were bird lovers. Love, Joyce
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Date: 4/10/2010 7:27:00 AM
Congrats Andrew on yor winning poem and placement in Debbie's contest.. a beautiful write and your last line makes the reader think ..this is a test... and u have penned this so very well.. enjoy your victory today..luv.. "Sweetheart"
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Date: 4/7/2010 2:28:00 PM
Usually interpreted as a happy symbol. Connected with freedom and intellect. It's old use as a barometer for air quality in the mines still gives it connotations of testing and self-sacrifice. If depicted in a cage it symbolises entrapment, prisoners and sometimes unhappiness. I have also seen a flying canary (yellow bird) used to represent sexual ecstasy!
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Date: 4/7/2010 8:54:00 AM
Thank you ! Very intresting.
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Date: 4/7/2010 6:47:00 AM
so sad, some people can be cruel. animals too.
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Date: 4/7/2010 5:54:00 AM
I love the last line and believe it to be true. I have a bird santuary in my back yard. I have learned so many life leassons by watching these magical creature. Sensational writing! Andrew. Lainie
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Date: 4/6/2010 10:07:00 PM
For one, I would go over have a nice little talk with those kids and their parents. Your poem was beautiful, and how right you are about the intelligence if birds. "Birdbrain" no longer holds ground. There has been intensive study on parrots, and African Greys are right up there with dolphins and primates. Ravens, crows... so many species are highly evolved with intelligence to match their beauty. Thanks for this gem!
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Date: 4/6/2010 9:18:00 PM
Well penned poem. I enjoyed it
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