Best Bird Poems
A Vanilla DoveCypress trees like evergreen steeples
rise above rows of gravestone woes,
their shadows lie side by side like railroad ties
across writhing paths banded like snakes;
gravel birth cords sinuous
sensing the ground seeking the sun
crossroads of life and death and rebirth;
where mortals breathe and grieve...
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Categories:
bird, death, grief, hope,
Form:
Free verse
BrokenI wonder about her
as I shave suet and place thistle seed down -
once again
she reveals herself to the corner of my eye
a slight movement caught in the slant of a sunray
just enough to separate her shy form
from leaf litter camouflage
I turn to look at...
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Categories:
bird, emotions, fate, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
bird, hope, love,
Form:
Shape
Voice of Spring“and the birds twitter like whispering violins”
Quote by – Constance La France
Whiffs of fragrant breeze propagate tranquility
Kissing delicate roses, blushing amber beauty,
Rustling leaves of willows, as if tenor of music,
Swaying blades of grass shimmying moods of winds,
Sounding lyrics esoteric echoing voice of spring;
Humming softly to...
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Categories:
bird, joy, spring,
Form:
Free verse
Mind DanceMind Dance
I hear you calling me
I feel you on the wind
Playing with my hair
Grazing my cheek
With kiss’s shadow
Upon your distant shores
Perched on craggy rocks
Upon sunlit parched cliffs
I receive you
I feel the whispers
Of the past
I hear the moans
Of the lost ones
The forgotten ones
I am here
We are...
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Categories:
appreciation, beauty, bird, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
The Guise of Blue Jay Skies
F l y i n g
a sailing tailwind
in cerulean streams
through creamsicle colored beams -
are wings reflective of turquoise truth
and white purity
of Autumn’s ether -
he aviates
a clear troposphere
riding an unbridled
capricious and combative
boreas
on the cusp
of a new...
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Categories:
autumn, bird, blue, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
Just AugustIn my little garden, balmy blooms are on display.
My purple Zinnia wears the crown in August sun
attracting tiny Hummingbirds and butterflies.
Ripe golden mangos blush with scarlet hues
so lush and juicy sweet…a favorite fruity treat.
Cooling ocean waves lure swimmers to the shore.
School begins, a sigh, it’s...
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Categories:
august, bird, fruit, garden,
Form:
Free verse
Squalling Seagulls Sip Morning SunshineSqualling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
Greeting new sun, spanning over vast sea
Wailing upon hills, watching freedom shine
Sprinkling over prairies echoes of glee
Greeting new sun, spanning over vast sea
Sailing air on pointed bills and webbed feet
Sprinkling over prairies echoes of glee
Grabbing fish, hunting crabs, feasting on...
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Categories:
bird, imagery, nature,
Form:
Pantoum
Spring FlowersSpring Flowers
Opal open clouds let raindrops freely fall
Coaxing coy blossoms of spring to bloom.
Fragrant sweet scents permeate the air.
Snow drops begin the parade as they appear.
It is believed that snow drops originated
When an angel breathed upon a snowflake.
The pansy’s bright *French face in...
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Categories:
beautiful, bird, birth, flower,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
appreciation, bird, introspection, society,
Form:
Shape
Blackbird Haikubeautiful blackbird
chirruping the sweetest songs
morning has broken
Poem inspired by this wonderful Beatles song sung in Scottish Gaelic by Julie Fowlis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MzetQfKwbE
05~20~17...
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Categories:
beauty, bird, morning, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Music To My EarsEffervescent elation arises and dances to ancient echoes; the rhythm of the drums heartbeat.
Champagne notes bubble into the night sky; night music of Gaia’s children is music to my sleeping ears.
Ethereal flutes singing to the crickets,
usher me into the dreamtime and there...
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Categories:
animal, bird, dream, image,
Form:
Free verse
To the Singing LarkOh! How like you, I long to be a singing lark
Who in the blue firmament like a tiny speck
Remains invisible, drowning the air in music sweet
Rising higher and darting up with movements slick
In our ears, your song falls like peals of chiming bells
In clear crystalline...
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Categories:
appreciation, bird, music, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Avian Legos...to the finessed fowl
humming by my ear tell me
Did anyone ever tell you
just how glad they are
to have you here?
Poignant eyes, azure crown,
that lightasapenny frame...
(how monstrous we must appear!
our human eyes like soccer balls)
We have only God to blame...
...and our...
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Categories:
animal, appreciation, beautiful, bird,
Form:
Imagism
Chimney SwiftMy precious chimney swift
Envy alone
Has named you so mundane
Tethered to the slightest pause
Amid your life upon the wing
Describing you as drab
Cigar shaped
And flying like a bat
While within me
Your beauty burns
And I thank you so for that
For from my human complications
The conditions of my sin
You...
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Categories:
appreciation, bird, psychological,
Form:
Free verse