Best Macaw Poems

I am the scarlet parrot from the Amazon,
Intelligent, beautiful, passionate,
Trapped in a cage too small for my wings.

Bored,
With nothing but a pretty bell
To keep me...

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Blue and gold Macaw,
bright butterscotch belly    up,
kicks and squawks excitedly
beneath human hands
which give playful tummy rubs!

(I saw a video of this friendly...

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Ah, Red Macaw, you are the pestilence
of impatience
in my day, soaring far, far overhead
squawking and screaming
your face overheated and red
beak too portentous
for sweets, gobbling and...

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I am soaring above canopies of an olive kingdom, 
singing sagas of untamable freedom, to whistling mistrals,
as a choir of tropical rain-forests serenade a wild...

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the sun at twilight
leaving a trail of beauty
like smoke from incense

scarlet macaw flight
through deep green on verge of dusk
indigo follows

mysterious bug
fireflies twinkle all the June
in...

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My Love

Your skin glows like the Apple,
blossoms Sweet as the Marigold in the purest hope of spring.
My yearning heart rises to your Saxophone voice
and leaps...

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The maid busy cleaning the library
by any means necessary.
Jerry and Berry, the Macaw parrots
sitting on their tree perch 
waiting for their tidbits of carrots;
When the...

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Blue the color of the brilliant boundless sky
   To look at the heavens with a heartfelt sigh.

Blue of the vast briny ocean
 ...

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The ABCs of Things Green

Algae, alligator, artichoke, asparagus, aphids, Andradite,
Brussels sprouts, broccoli, Buffalo Treehopper, and beans,
Cuckoo Wasp, Cabbage, cucumber, Common Green Darner, and celery 
Dog...

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Brought up from the womb of schooldays
Where memories still frames those mischief plays
Stuck with the thoughts of dreaming holly bolly babes
Comparing the beauties from among...

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Fred’s feeding his neighbour’s pet parrot,
He replaced its water with claret,
Poll dropped off her perch
Now Fred’s in the lurch
and claiming it choked on raw carrot

Big...

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January blue

I awaken to a sky- of slate blue
The drizzle falls down, in a stone grey hue
Another dreary, January day
Must make my getaway, without delay

I...

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The garden has many flowers
 Looking at roses, bird of paradise, macaw flower one can spend hours
 Towering palaenopsis and all kind of creepers
Some develop...

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My sweet bird Makkie
Is a blue and gold macaw
She is large and beautiful
With soft fluffy feathers
She has a black beak
Which she tears things with
She chases...

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magnificent bird
beautiful color ballet
blue and gold macaw
three feet of regal splender
ask and it may tell you so

© Mar 4 2011 For Rick’s blue and gold...

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