Best Ospreys Poems
harbor snowI watch the harbor through the falling snow
the sky and sea form one vast, gray tableau
the sun is nothing but a weak, background glow
the scene draws me, as if hypnotically.
Five mile’s lighthouse warnings go unvoiced
its strobes not lashing out, so what’s its point
it stands majestically...
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Categories:
ospreys, boat, sea, snow,
Form:
Rhyme
Natures NestHow beautiful the sounds, sights of nature
In the distance alarm call of a cuckoo,
beautiful sound of summer Tanager
Blackbirds hopping around getting in a stew,
Acrobatics of swallows, swifts, Martins,
Crows of the carrion, rooks, jackdaws, Raven
Cooing of turtle doves and wood pigeons,
Chittering robin, eyes closed...
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Categories:
ospreys, appreciation, bird, nature, sound,
Form:
Rhyme
To the BeachSky so unmarred this torrid day,
That, to the beach, let’s make our way!
To the beach, to the beach,
Where we’ll watch sea oats sway
And glad toddlers at play,
Where we’ll hear ospreys screech,
Lying clear of tide’s reach
Cooled in sea breeze all day—
Yes, off to the beach,
Where, your...
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Categories:
ospreys, beach,
Form:
Verse
Back Creek SoundsBack Creek Sounds
Rhythmic wave crescendos,
Like dynamic static of radios,
Tinkling and gurgling noises,
As liquid over rocks poises,
Ospreys shriek at laughing gulls,
Slapping water on slicing hulls,
Burping diesels add staccatos,
Winds strum mast-stay legatos,
Sails fill or flap by whispered pressure,...
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Categories:
ospreys, boat, life, nature,
Form:
Light Verse
The Red Sea- Trois-Par- HuitWhite eyed gulls
Soar over crimson tides
As masked butterflyfish swim below
Flocks of migratory birds gather on its banks
Providing a feast for Ospreys and Sparrow hawks
Pharoah's chariots lay at its depths
Ghostly souvenirs of
The Red Sea...
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Categories:
ospreys, sea,
Form:
Verse
Sails Gliding On the Shimmering SeaSails gliding on the shimmering sea,
don't be hasty to engulf silence
as the chapel's choir engages in a spiritual oratorio praising Him;
an octave higher or lower brings
their inspirational hymn to a desired sound of felicity...
those tones that the loud organ makes!
We, as they, are lifted...
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Categories:
ospreys, adventure, confusion, faith, happiness,
Form:
Sestina
Categories:
ospreys, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Natures FisherOver the loch they glide in pairs, one thing on their mind food, hungry fledgling await the lochs delicacies, sun gleams on the calm water, as the cool breeze creates ripples, two pair of Ospreys dip and dive, eyes set ready to pounce at...
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Categories:
ospreys, beautiful, bird, dedication, fish,
Form:
Haibun
Collision In OrnithologyBirds are in conflict with man's technology
It's an epic collision for ornithology
To these noble creatures we owe an apology
We hear bird language, we hear their song
Marveling at the music, we mimic along
Birds on earth are four hundred billion strong
A Bluejay's body smashed into asphalt
Pigeons begging...
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Categories:
ospreys, bird, conflict, flying, integrity,
Form:
Rhyme
Land of the PalmsFlorida
To live on sand where brown pelicans glide
And blue heron spear fish in shallow marsh
To watch egrets harvest insects that hide
in long hot summers that are sometimes harsh
Eyes of alligators pierce water's surface
and rattlesnakes lay silently in wait
This land of movement has a softer grace
and...
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Categories:
ospreys, poetry,
Form:
Sonnet
Parade of Feathersno bands formed, no marshal led
this was a unique parade for birds instead
all dressed up in their colorful wardrobe
proudly representing their native abode
the great snowy egret so staunch and prim
was calling the flocks that were sauntering but trim
banners were waving with the tossing of batons
Red...
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Categories:
ospreys, bird,
Form:
Rhyme
Cosmic ConsequenceSeeing spirals of Andromeda's dish
flinging itself towards the Milky Way;
many billion stars stuck in divine drama.
Through Gaia Observatory's scope eyes -
seems like two Ospreys warring in the skies.
Yet yields colossal change, spun at light speeds.
Seeing clearly our own old origins,
for mortals, this is how it...
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Categories:
ospreys, change, destiny, earth, science,
Form:
Rhyme
The Edge of ExtinctionThe Edge of Extinction
Silent humming birds
Great ocean whales
Deep unknown rain forests
Dark eyed Polar Bears
Ancient Loggerhead turtles
Ivory tusked Elephants
North American Indians
Eskimos
Australian Aboriginals
Lost South American Indians
Kiwis and Kakapo’s
Sperm whales
Blue whales
Narwhales
Killer whales
Prairies covered with Buffalo
Humpback whales
Deep forest Wolves
Ospreys and Kitty Hawks
Sparrow Hawks
Red Kites
High flying Bald Eagles
Gargantuan Grizzly Bears
And...
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Categories:
ospreys, animals, loss, nature, people
Form:
Free verse
Twilight HauntTWILIGHT HAUNT
In the outskirt of the town ,
Beyond the dragon village,
Seperated by the green pond,
There a castle with two towers,
Wholesome in antiquity of age ,
Beyond the rotten four wheeled carriage.
Inhabited by bats ,owls and ospreys,
Landscaped of blooming prairies,
Non...
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Categories:
ospreys, dark, fear, magic, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Autumn's GoodbyeUpon amber aura autumn’s passions fly
In prairies, valleys, mountains up high
As golden, yellow, crimson winds sigh
Swirling, whirling, drifting merrily by,
Flaunting red tinges of sugar maple dye
On sepia hills where tangerine leaves vie
For lovers’ sights glued to purple sky
As shuddering barren trees utter a cry,
Carpeting wet...
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Categories:
ospreys, autumn,
Form:
Monorhyme