Kiss It Goodnight
The cat’s curled up
the dog’s dreaming deep
The parakeet’s quiet
from the mouse not a peep
Kids tucked away
so early, half past...
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Categories:
bird, cat, children, dog,
Form: Rhyme
JESSICA DAWN NWAD ACISSEJJESSICA DAWN NWAD ACISSEJ
Jesting with shadows, A twin's eerie grin,
Echos of laughter where the black cat has been.
Skeletons waltz by the dim candlelight,
Sister, you are the one who loves the dark of the night.
In a dance macabre, with bony, tapping toes,
Chaos and humor wherever you go.
Always a joke, a morbid, whispered rhyme,
Darkness falls heavy, we've...
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Categories:
best friend, bird, sister,
Form: Acrostic
Free BirdsSome folks travel all over the earth,
looking here and there for beautiful birds,
searching the planet for all its worth,
describing with pictures and with words,
the creatures that are so free.
But, on the dream planet that I hail from,
It's people that are watched by birds like me.
Though we throw them nary a crumb,
because we won't upset...
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Categories:
bird, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Eagle Rock Reverie
Written: August 06, 2025
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The traffic roars as wounded gulls.
metal beats skated over the asphalt waves,
each honk a fractured prayer,
fleeing...
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Categories:
bird,
Form: Free verse
BlazeI had the nicest rooster,
An Orpington named Blaze.
He was around for several years
Until a fox ended his days.
His feathers were burnt orange,
A handsome shade of buff.
A pair of deadly spurs
Made him majestic, fierce,and tough.
A regal disposition,
Amiable for the most.
(Though my mom and younger siblings
Would not usually go to close)
Several years he ruled sovereign,
Though...
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Categories:
animal, bird, death, loss,
Form: Quatrain
1401 Hiku Not a Swan Song
Categories:
bird, words,
Form: Haiku
bird of paradise hiku
Categories:
bird, flower,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
bird,
Form: Haiku
peacocks
Categories:
bird,
Form: Other
Dying InnocenceA young crow carries them-
selves meticulously, screening
their surroundings. Too wary
to engage with others, but
always so observant.
A golden jewel shines in a
parking lot corner. Tempting
the young crow’s eyes. Their
bill clutches on, fragile by
nature, it breaks.
Glass shards pierces their
tongue, blood cascades on-
to the concrete as the jewel
dismantles. Remnants of...
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Categories:
bird, conflict, desire, environment,
Form: Free verse
Audubon's Birds"Dear, you never dress this way for me.
Is something going on that I can't see?"
"I put my bright plumes and feathers on
to pose for John James Audubon."
...
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Categories:
bird, silly,
Form: Epigram
Hummingbird
Categories:
bird, color, imagery, nature,
Form: Haiku
Stream Ripples - Illusku
Categories:
bird, imagery, nature, water,
Form: Other
I Don't See What You SeeSparrows enjoy a certain reputation
For intimacy and hope
Crosby Stills and Nash sang of them
In Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
As compatriots to the morning
Air
With guitar strums and high notes
Truth be told
Sparrows are bulkier than the normal song bird
And not particularly
Pretty
Brown and gray as a mound of dirt
Chirpy jerky punk band
And they have no problem with crowding out
From...
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Categories:
bird, environment, music, nature,
Form: Free verse
adorable bird speakribbity ribbity ribbity
whoo ee whoo ee
ribbity ribbity ribbity
whoo ee whoo ee
If I had a beak
I could better imitate this adorable bird speak...
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Categories:
bird,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Bird Poems
Definition | What is Bird in Poetry?