Best Egret Poems

I watched an egret on a pond take flight
and hid as best I could against a tree,
not moving, breathless staying out of sight.

Remembering, I close my eyes and see--
the view!  A sweet reward for all my pains,
it flew with whooshing wings right over me!

Today,...

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Flowers have that novel effect on schism,
where the uniqueness of its design forms
compare that White Egret Orchid performs
like its namesake, chicken or the egg, ism
being afloat plume or the blooming grews.
Soggy-bottom boys and girls 'tis they want
of this bit of a ground-hugger-like haunt.
Sophistication hails for...

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Knee-deep in flowing, verdant grass 
near the creek beside 
the hill,

a black carabao feeds on freedom, 
leisurely roams 
at will.

On its massive back, a delicate, 
white egret 
slow-dances,

the feathers of its slender neck 
the morning breeze 
romances!...

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early morning walk
     breathing in salty sea air --
           an egret takes flight.

9/29/16...

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Elegant bird of lakes
Enchanting in white plumes;
Egret twirls graceful neck
Exotic its coiled form…
Each winged movement, a glide
Endowed by nature’s art
Embodying beauty!


9/19/2016
For Kim Merryman: Pleiades E Poetry Contest
Checked through www.howmanysyllables.com...

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white egret flying
disappears in morning mist
ghost of moon lingers


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white egret feeds on
sumptuous fare in mowed field....
collasped farm buildings  ...

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along the shoreline
a snowy egret hunting ~
         sharp beak and big feet

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April 10, 2022


Poetry/Haiku/snowy egret
Copyright Protected, ID 04-1446-876-10
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France


Written for the Standard contest, Wild Animal Haiku
sponsor, Tania Kitchin, Judged 04/18/2022

Fourth Place...

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the setting sun
silhouettes
a great white egret
in sky of marigold
so vividly;
a portrait of grace in flight!
it's long neck, arched;
outstretched wings
rhythmically flapping,
flying off
to an untold destination.
look at it!
just look at it go...
up, up, up,
up and away!
bye bye, bird...



A Brian Strand Premiere Choice, No. 54 Poetry Contest
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In a river marsh, where pondweeds and cattails grew in warm clime,
the fair girl found a tall, black egret  
with whom she could have a chat; 
and was it the same one that her parents rescued from the wild?


Among bulrushes taller than she actually...

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. . . gray mist whiffs low

                 egret, buffalo's back

                   ...

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I re: egret forsaking gull friend where, heron eye twitter

Fictional account related
courtesy one pink flamingo.

Aves lusting for verboten tweet 
reed lubricious sin after giving
Twiggy another peck on the cheek.

Whenever this birdman 
alone with his thoughts 
(as they metaphorically 
worm their way to my nest 
of...

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The sole Egret
White against the dark marshes 
On the way to school
Wet in the drizzle
Yet present each morning

It had missed the migration 
So each day as we passed
My daughter Zahra would exclaim
Dad, here she is!

We had lost count until the day
It left perhaps for good
Perhaps...

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 The great white egret
       Silhouettes against the sky
It's massive wingspan, outstretched

            With it's spear-like bill
         It skims the water...

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Then one day
in balmy Florida morning
on the way to school

We saw it
the sole egret in the marshes
feeding on an early worm

Yeah ... we screamed
my daughter Zahra and I
Yehoo! Yehoo! Yehoo!

Sometimes the things
that you fear the most
never actually happen

(c) mbsaaka/2021...

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