Spring Cardinal Poems

The dawn kept her promise and
erased the dark..
A ruby red cardinal throbs his
song of the heart..
A robin hops thru the grass
eyeing twigs for it's nest.
The...

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In the stillness of a cool, spring morning,
A cardinal’s heart is heavy – he’s heartbroken.
Softly calling for the lover he is mourning.

Thumps noisily against the...

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cardinal red perched
on barren peach tree branches~
half-moon shining down

sparrows smile at me
from earthen patio pot~
heralds spring onset

2nd place contest winner

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written: February 12, 2023

Spring...

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The cardinal that we see today 
Started out being a brilliant snow white

Until one fall, it noticed a young rose bush with a small new...

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The Cardinal, who loved a Rose
appeared to woo her one spring morn
but came too near a hidden thorn,
so eager she should hear his prose

He lit...

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I looked out my window and what did I see,               ...

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my cardinal bird
singing sweetly just to me~
now eating your seed   



Date Written: 3/15/2022

 6 Place

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Bird Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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cardinal rests
in a dogwood
red tulips

mockingbird sings
from a willow branch
alto

sparrow hatchlings
chirping for breakfast
golden sky

a dove coos 
to her mate from pine branch
soft interlude

trickling brook
on the mountainside
duck...

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beautiful red bird                      ...

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amid gentle rain
tweeting out spring song of love ~
cheerful cardinal



Submitted for...
A Cardinal, Blue Jay, Or Chickadee Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin
Date written: 01/17/2021...

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Come along and sit with me
And let us share a memory
Of a Spring morning with a gentle breeze.
When spied a cardinal perched in a cherry...

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Cheerful, chirping little cherry---
crimson as the holly berry,
dressed in your vermillion best
with your pointy, feathered crest---
what a sight you are to see
perched atop a snowy...

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A cardinal whips its trilled zest
Where fields extend into a mile;
That upon bright April's request
My toes wiggle here for a while...
I pause as sunrise paints...

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In the springtime, what is that I hear?
It's an aviary call sounding like "cheer, cheer, cheer".
I use my binoculars to look up in a tree.
Through...

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Red brilliance against a backdrop of snow
                  ...

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