abcedarian to kill more time today
...anticipated Albany albatrosses
buried bumpy bugs beyond the bay
creepy curious cats dug them up
dinner for dogs they said in disgust
even the dogs turned up their snouts at the bugs
frenzied fin...
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Categories:
chirped, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
Compassion
...**A Bird in the Hand**
From my childhood, I cherish the sweet memory of holding a sparrow in my hands. Its heart raced wildly, igniting my curiosity. Gazing into its small, beady eyes, I couldn't ...
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Categories:
chirped, allusion, anger, character, earth
Form: Narrative
The Unexpected Plunge of Reginald Cluck
..."What are you all quacking about?" squawked Reginald Cluck,
Peering from his coop, quite out of luck.
A drizzle had started, a timid, soft weep,
While others still snoozed in feathery sleep.
"A...
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Categories:
chirped, fun,
Form: Free verse
Romanticize
...I looked at the trees.
They moved with the birds, while they chirped and laughed.
Shutting the door, my hand shaking from former caffeine.
I heard music from my room.
It stopped.
My speaker di...
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Categories:
chirped, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Out of Cluck
...In my kitchen, an old-fashioned timer
Keeps track of my coffee pot’s perk.
I wind it and eight minutes later,
The pot has completed its work.
The timer is shaped like a chicken;
It ticks as th...
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Categories:
chirped, time,
Form: Rhyme
The Tiny Heart
...A little sparrow,
Chirped and jumped
Around his friend
Still and cold
In hopes of warmth.
With every leap,
A plea to thrive
He turned and twirled.
The little sparrow,
Seeking help beneat...
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Categories:
chirped, friendship, meaningful, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
etched in stone
...
drenched in pomegranate juice
the sand stone wished to be granite
yet a figment of imagination
eluded the tomb and it was over
eternally gone final impermanent
the children wept crocodile ...
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Categories:
chirped, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Quite a Stretch
...Two young wrens sat on a wire side by side.
Then one bird stretched her wings ever so wide.
The other bird grabbed the tip of her wing,
And she began to scream, poor little thing.
Pulling much ...
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Categories:
chirped, bird, bullying,
Form: Rhyme
The Escape of the Oriole - Concluded
...As Martin gazed at the woman, he believed her to be a nymph.
The pipes continued with their haunting melody.
"I’d never thought such exotic places existed…”
"It must be a special day for you."...
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Categories:
chirped, bird, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
From Different Skies
...Started Writing on July 23, 2024
Finished writing on Oct. 29, 2024
They grew up in different parts of the sky.
A chance meeting changed each of their lives.
Each flying as part of their flock...
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Categories:
chirped, animal, bird, romantic love,
Form: Couplet
A Bird in My Windowsill
...Once a bird sat on my windowsill
Chirped for me to hear
I opened up the window
The bird just had no fear
I wondered how it could be so
And spoke to the little thing
It looked at me as if knowin...
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Categories:
chirped, bird,
Form: Free verse
HSE, HSE, HSE
...Hovering over a flashing sign
At the portal to our oil town
Chirped the fluttering sparrow
To the tiny desert flower
That had just offered
Its first golden smile
To the rising sun of spring:
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Categories:
chirped, earth, environment, february, god,
Form: Free verse
a song for oppy
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spun …
the dust devil did
(unusually strong, that)
but instead of leaving another layer of
light-blocking powder
it cleaned the solar panels like
Windex and microfibre -
shiny … as new
th...
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Categories:
chirped, analogy, science,
Form: Free verse
Childhood Love
...Childhood Love (Villanelle)
I remember that glorious day when we were young,
We played together and danced through time and space,
If only I expressed my loving thoughts with my tongue.
Our c...
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Categories:
chirped, 8th grade, beauty, child,
Form: Villanelle
Gemini Garden, Silent One
...“a mute tongue is a slave to silence” - Silent One
You rouse the proud, sung praise all wowed
Who draws the crowd and plays so loud?
Sway befits a rock star jam
Baby, it'...
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Categories:
chirped, appreciation,
Form: Lyric
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