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Canary Poems - Poems about Canary

Premium Member Yellow Words
Yellow Words—Used 10 times in the poem Under the warm yellow sun floating on the calm Yellow Sea fishing for the sweet tasting yellow fin tuna. My mouth waters at the thought of tuna steaks slathered in spicy yellow mustard while my old yellow lab snoozing on my bright yellow rain slicker will have his share covered in a yellow egg yolk sauce. I...

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Categories: canary, yellow,
Form: Prose Poetry
canary bird
A canary bird in its cage placed near a window a leafy tree of spring, where lesser sparrows sat wished for the mystical word, freedom  Was the freedom the canary bird saw real or not constructed by an AI method, like the journalist in a famous newspaper had seen a clip where  her husband was eating lettuce with a rabbit Ai, opens...

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Categories: canary, abuse, age, america, anger,
Form: Blank verse



My sweet Canary
My sweet canary just loves to sing, with his yellow beak and golden wing. His lovely songs will make you shake, all other tunes will sound a fake. But as I sit and think alone, I feel my heart is made of stone. My precious bird could be my sin, I keep his soul well locked within. For every soul is born so...

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Categories: canary, animal, bird, freedom, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member TIMES ARE A CHANGING
May, June, July, new Presidents and Prime Ministers elected world-wide, Politicians, crossing the floor, patronizing The other side, Finally striving for what we all hope, Peace and unity, But the yellow canary haired man has for Years acted with impunity. Could a Utopia exist in these Chaotic times. Kamala is hot on his heels for in two months All will be said and...

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Categories: canary, presidents day,
Form: Free verse
Last Canary
Dying in the coal mine ... a Poet saw it first His warning prescient prenotion strong To those who listen to those who hear The end beginning — all swans in song (The New Room: June, 2024) ...

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Categories: canary, destiny,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Canary and Cat Tale
A clever, caged yellow canary tricked his foe, a cat big and scary. He flew out with some luck. Cat walked in and got stuck. Silly cat should have been more wary....

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Categories: canary, cat,
Form: Limerick
Cagey Canary
Yellow Canary on top of a cage Rests in hush as it turns another page From wild slip, it is carefree Silence is a sight to see Deep, it thinks that the cat is its hostage...

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Categories: canary, bird,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Cagey Canary Cat Caught
You love to chase the old cow, and make the kitten go meow, I have put you in your place, now no one left to chase. I got you~let me take a bow....

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Categories: canary, bird, cat, giggle, home,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member CAGEY CANARY
UH-OH—SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG! SO NOW I'M SUPPOSED TO BURST INTO SONG? I'LL TEACH THAT BIRD A NOTE JUST LET ME AT HIS THROAT THEN I'LL SING DINNER MUSIC ALL DAY LONG!...

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Categories: canary, cat, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Cagey Canary
The canary sat atop his cage, And thought to himself, I got you Paige! While Paige sat trapped in tight, Thinking about the fight, And plotting to kill in angry rage....

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Categories: canary, bird, cat,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Leery Canary
My canary keeps a pet cat; that used to be sat on a mat, but now it is caged and slightly enraged; to the bird, it’s just tit for tat!...

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Categories: canary, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Crafty Maneuver
The house cat unlatched the cage door; Squeezed in to then find he's done for. A quick turn-about Canary flew out! Cat's stuck, and bird's free to explore! ...

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Categories: canary, bird, cat, funny,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Cagey Canary
Tom thought in his nine lives he saw it all, He languorously preyed on weak and small, Times change, tweet they, Tom’s now the prey - His predator triumphantly stands tall. ...

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Categories: canary, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Atomic Canary
Atomic Canary Angels seed The death bell tolls to the masses Putin ill be your dog Netanyaho ill be your dog I love this land This is where I want yo die Sing a song Soul from the Earth All of us tresspass Some other country wants your ass Not direct assimilate You out on a street leaving your home Lay...

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Categories: canary, anger, anti bullying, bird,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Canary in a Coal Mine
She wandered like a gypsy to Wyoming, Where she settled in and sojourned for a spell. She found herself a billet at the Hog Ranch, And son, there weren’t no high-tone clientele. It was just a soiled dove’s privy crib Where Martha Jane set up her chicken coop. She was a cowhand’s heartthrob, All buckskin and sutler whiskey. She could drive a team...

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Categories: canary, adventure, allegory, america, western,
Form: Blank verse

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