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Best This Is For The Birds Poems

Below are the all-time best This Is For The Birds poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of this is for the birds poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Melancholic Tree
In the middle of winter
within misty moors,
lies a melancholic meadow.

Up above grey skies foretell
perturbed crows to seek shelter.
Down below, 
an isolated tree - naked and...

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Categories: this is for the birds, analogy, assonance, deep, sad,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Shadow
It was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...

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Categories: this is for the birds, dog, memory, soldier, war,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Real Men Wear Pink
I stand about five feet eight
I'll admit, I'm a tad overweight
Drive an old pick up truck
Not one to pass the buck
At the moment have a...

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Categories: this is for the birds, character, funny, humor, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Whispers Shared
Your time worn hand rests on my shoulder
A gentle firm touch
Ancient fingers stretching awake
And for that moment in time, I receive you
My body marinates in...

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Categories: this is for the birds, appreciation, beauty, community, creation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~

i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard 
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...

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Categories: this is for the birds, angel, beauty, love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Obsessed With Love
Hate is an unnecessary need
in the book of necessities.
Love is the key component
within the book of obsessities.

Lust is an unfaithful guide
misguiding towards fake perceptions.
Sincere love...

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Categories: this is for the birds, analogy, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member No Such Thing As Forever
We all arrive alone naked and vulnerable,
crying our eyes out, not knowing -
this is the first day of the rest of our life.
I guess the...

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Categories: this is for the birds, analogy, death, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Voices Echo In Emptiness
With a sigh summer citrine sky turned green 
spontaneously into existence. 
Autumn's palette adds changes and are seen
to its systematic experience.

Stars shiver in fear on...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: this is for the birds, death, loneliness, nature, voice,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Evening Song
Conducted by the Hands that gave them voice
Sweet songs of evening soothe my weary soul.
Oh, how I love to hear the birds rejoice
As frogs and...

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Categories: this is for the birds, god, inspirational, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member If I Had Money
if I had all the money that I ever wanted,
               ...

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Categories: this is for the birds, drug, introspection, universe,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member She Touched the Water
She Touched The Water

My muse
touched the waters
of a spring fed river
She had a special gift to deliver
Releasing the inspiration 
from deep within her
She said “...

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Categories: this is for the birds, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member How Do I Love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways
1.
and every time i see you it is for the first time 
still my heart skips a beat
and every time we kiss it is our first 
and...

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Categories: this is for the birds, love,
Form: List
Cuckoo
Far away in a
                land torn with war,
  ...

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Categories: this is for the birds, bird, hope, love,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Someone Who Used To Be You
When splendor of love spun dreams ecstatic
Musings of fantasy waltzed joyous themes
On blossoms of meadows in prime of spring
And giggles of streams donning green prairies

I...

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Categories: this is for the birds, dream, lost love, love,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Dance To Love - POTD - A Visual Art Poem Tribute
 POTD 23rd June 2019

Maria Williams 
Presents

Dance to Love

A tribute to my Dad, the late - Wilfred Forbes

She danced with wild abandon
she danced without a...

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Categories: this is for the birds, romantic, tribute,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs