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Birdseed Poems - Poems about Birdseed

Planting Seeds


birds gather at the feeder, hovering,
near the sunflower seeds,
tap, tap, tap against the windowsill,
where a feeder is attached, 
filled by hopeful hearts who linger,
at the window, 
relishing the wonder of these flying whispers,
sighing in the distance, and laughing
through the mysterious edge of a shadow,
playing melodies on feathered harps,
lingering quietly in the morning,
as light loosens the

Categories: birdseed, animal, appreciation, bird, blessing,
Form: Free verse

Battle For the Birdseed

We love feeding and watching the birds which is why in the mountains when we’re there
if you visit us there’s a good chance you’ll see bird feeders everywhere.

It seems like such an easy task..fill the feeders…and see what birds we’ll greet….
but there are squirrels and there are raccoons who also like to eat.

The squirrels attack

Categories: birdseed, bird,
Form: Rhyme

Snow Tales

Cracked sunflower seeds
Paw print menagerie
Heart-warming traces

Categories: birdseed, animal, bird, february, january,
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Little Curly Mae

I'm yelling at a squirrel today
Then watching her just whirl away
Her name is Little Curly Mae
She's such a pretty girl I'd say 
But eats the birdseed from the tray
Then hides herself inside her dray.

Categories: birdseed, animal, cute, environment, fun,
Form: Rhyme

Cardinals Out of Birdseed

Out of the corner of my eye I see something racing toward the porch where I am sitting. It is a red cardinal. Probably a female, as it is not brilliant red, looks more faded.  She swoops at me, and I flinch. She abruptly pulls up and disappears - probably a messenger sent to

Categories: birdseed, bird,
Form: Haibun

Birdseed Boogie

In my meadow surrounded by forest delight, 
there are more cardinals than I can count.
They wait their turn at bird feeders, 
not flying in more than two at a time. A lone blue jay
waits until last to be served. Robins and wrens do not 
understand there is a protocol. 
They swoop in on a cardinal’s

Categories: birdseed, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Haibun

Bird Feeder Tragedy

Birds seem loud today
Their birdseed gone
Stolen by deer last night
One feeder destroyed

Butted up against tree trunk
Until she gave up,
Falling to the ground, 
in pieces

Delighting the deer
who feasted on 
ground served bird food
Cardinals are not happy

Categories: birdseed, animal, bird,
Form: Free verse

Birdseed

Some neighbors scatter birdseed 
In the driveway every day,
Encouraging the squirrels
And the birds to come and stay.

I wonder what the reasons are
For setting out this feast,
Which may attract some critters
They don't want, to say the least.

For surely birds and squirrels
Have instinctive ways to find
Worms and acorns and some other foods
Their bellies wouldn't mind.

And I've never

Categories: birdseed, bird,
Form: Rhyme

Machines

I’ll grant you a modern laptop			
hooked up to an HP printer				
is a more efficient and cer-				
tainly a cleaner means to re-			
produce yr message than				
the whirling drum of rebellious			
black ink we depended upon 				
back in nineteen fifty-seven. 				
But when my spellcheck wants to change 			
brideshead to birdseed, I wonder			 	
whether that satirist of misuse				
whose black warriors

Categories: birdseed, allusion, irony, technology,
Form: Verse

Birdseed

A trail of birdseed lies near a birdbath in my yard
Little friends of every kind have come for the reward
Not only are the birds singing… yes, you guessed, it’s true…
Now their friends of every kind are there singing, too.

It’s worked out rather well… As harmonious bliss gathers every day
A most amazing thing…the squirrels are growing

Categories: birdseed, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Couplet

Mister Protects the Birdseed

Such a contest!! .... what a rivalry!!
Who will win?  Its a cliff hanger ...

Slowly Squirrel comes to ground,
tail flicking up and down
than off he (or is it she?)
scurries to a box in the yard
that holds bird seed
on which this little thief will feed
as Mister The Dog watches
from his snuggly bed inside.

Away from this view,

Categories: birdseed, animals
Form: Free verse