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Best Icteridae Poems


Premium Member I Saw a Grackle
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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Categories: icteridae, allegory, animal, betrayal, bird,
Form: Free verse

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