Best Blackbirds Poems

blackbirds in the rain
walking among the fallen leaves
under the old mango tree
with dripping leaves
bathing the grass below
blackbirds diligently lifting 
the rain soaked fallen leaves
peering underneath for insects
and worms
flushed out 
by the drizzling rain
pausing to gulp one down
then scooting off again
searching for more

sitting under the shed
with...

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I stared intently at blackbirds on a wire
they were lined in a row
as though someone had painted them there
fascinated, I continued to gaze
hoping to identify which one would fly away first
knowing if one flew
the coop so to speak
the rest would follow because of some unknown
inner...

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I remember when windchimes nestled in the heart
rainbows soothed the tainted cay of innocents
a golden candle tempering the fang of dark
I prayed, good spirits would always reign.

I remember the day when blackbirds came
in their fiery beaks was an icy-icy rain
smashing every bluebird into bits of...

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They flew in bunches so big 
   it’s impossible to describe the enormity 
   of the clouds they formed in otherwise clear sky.  
They would dance and bounce in unison 
   as they moved from one feeding area...

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Behind, left in dust, of the old gravel road
is a faint trace of Marlboro and a soft summer wind

Skies burn orange and amber, and a blazing red sun,
that is filtered by a windshield, that's never been groomed
A radio station, has more static than tunes
and the...

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4 and 20 Pies – No Blackbirds


Oh, spare me the plethora of pies
the thumbs-up plumbs,
the pie in the sky dreams
of the pie lovers,
the onerous moooo
of the piebald cow
being milked
by the pie-eyed farmer
as his pied piper wife
lures the chickens
into a pot pie.
Pie charts to measure
children against...

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Inconsiderate
Hearts will lack in elation
Throwing the first stone

Pain revisited
The quiet desperation
Soothes my aching bones...

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On Halloween morning they came,
  cawing and screeching in the trees.
A thousand or more noisy blackbirds
  flew in a group of one hundred four or more
  from yard to yard they raid as a clustered flight.

The sky grew thick and black with...

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a flock of blackbirds
take flight
surprised
a giggling toddler delights
in her own power




12/20/2021...

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Blackbird sits on a branch
Just outside my window.
He looks at me and swears
In a raucous voice
With no punctuation...
I know it's something supremely dirty --
Blackbirds have no manners..

And they always know
By the light behind my eyes
I'm mad for cats...

It's a good thing they can fly.......

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A dead blackbird here
A dead blackbird there
Six more dead blackbirds 
Over there and there and there.

New Year’s Eve 2011.
I counted five, six, twelve, maybe twenty-seven.
Wait! Four more. We are up to thirty plus eleven.
Dead blackbirds on roofs. Dead blackbirds on walks.

Dead blackbirds in trees. None...

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Watching Blackbirds

Again, I find myself watching the blackbirds
They come as a cloud that sits upon the ground
Each respecting his wingman’s space
As they pass overhead, they sound like a sudden spring shower
That comes, then goes, finding a place in the field

They move like water running across...

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A bright blue sky and the air freshly cool

                            as bouncy blackbirds smartly fly about the 

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Blackbirds Circling To Eye The Dark Festive Feast

Feast or famine, orbs in heart of a crow
love 's bright spirit and all it may bestow
Winging shadows fleeing fast every scene
bitter bile erupting from opened spleen

Flying in dark storms, hoping for a strike
dead soldiers, each head vaulted...

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i shiver and shake through warm and cold 
im alone on my own
the pain shakes through my bone
its so vast and shown

its harder starting over
then never to have changed

with blackbirds following me
im throwing my life away
they close in stalking me
the fear is here to stay
im...

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