Best Grackle Poems

Today, I saw a grackle
(fam. Icteridae) -- a common sight --
braving the wind atop a post
among parked (and moving) cars.

Feathers ruffled in the gusty air,
it was not spooked
by movement, engine noise,
or human presence.

It seemed to me to make a show
of avian bravado; but, in truth,
it...

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grackle torments mom
police come by ask about boom
dad hides in closet...

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An ornithologist of renown
studied every bird in town.
Indeed this vaunted scholar of worth
catalogued each tweeting thing on EARTH.
Quickly and thoroughly he dispatched
all those creatures that ever hatched. 
There's only one he didn't tackle.
I'm afraid that was the grackle. 
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There are some birds I'd like to talk about today -
a cardinal, hummingbird, robin, and blue jay; 
but, put me on a chain, put me in a shackle,
you can never spoil my fun.  I'm saying "grackle"....

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