Piebald Furry Deer
...Hush o'er azure stone ridge,
hypnotic wax moon dash,
wispy crescent rustle from,
a piebald furry deer,
nocturnal stealth enshrouded,
silver tint antler scoops,
limp orange leaf detritus,
cano...
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Categories:
bobwhite, art, beautiful, beauty, care,
Form: Free verse
A Villanelle I Would Write
...I decided a Villanelle to write
Looking at my garden on cusp of summer’s end
Soon within my heart I realized my plight
There the morning glories had reached their height ...
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Categories:
bobwhite, write, writing,
Form: Villanelle
Advice From Two Birds
...Said the mockingbird to the lonely bobwhite:
“Your call is nice, but it really isn’t quite right,
Ruffle up your feathers and rear back on a leg
Whistle in loudest voice, like you drank a keg,
I ...
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Categories:
bobwhite, bird, metaphor, nature,
Form: Couplet
Birds In Words
...The songs of birds can be heard
send a message without a word.
Skeptics say they're just sound
others find them quite profound.
A peaceful call to nature's mind
from winged friends of every kind...
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Categories:
bobwhite, bird, cry, meaningful, nature,
Form: Couplet
Upon Espying Aesthetically Pleasing Females
...I admit tubby distracted by a modeling
female physique when attempting to write,
an aching agony rips thru this son,
gripping with hard on – tight -
by Dickens constricting sensation,
who orbi...
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Categories:
bobwhite, absence, adventure, animal, art,
Form: Free verse
This World Will Be a Sadder Place
...Seldom now do honeybees take wing
to visit the flowery bower-
or do I hear a meadowlark sing
nor a whippoorwill call in the evening hour.
Butterflies once like rainbow arrays-
cloaking the flo...
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Categories:
bobwhite, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Joe
...Another season has started and he's ready to go.
For the Bobwhite Quail is this hunters foe.
He's one beautiful dog,but he's not for show,
for not many of birds have out smarted old-Joe.
He's been l...
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Categories:
bobwhite, friendship, happiness, dog, bird,
Form: Rhyme