CHEERY CHIRR
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Call
and chirr
of crickets
non stop ceaseless,
no pause in chorus
at evening conference.
Flock in cheerful assembly.
Symphony in monotony.
Probably urgent c...
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Categories:
chirr, appreciation, cheer up,
Form: Etheree
Rural Ghosts
...The chirr of parched insect wings –
bible dust preaching
from long abandoned boots.
Baked into the sky
homesteads linger on the burnt stumps
of exhausted summers.
Dander creaks on dry porch...
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Categories:
chirr, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Fallen
...daybreak calls off moon's whitewash
in the wee of this morn I startled up from what quite seemed like a crash landing from midair plunge of a fledgling's first flight—thanks to my false 'alarmers'...
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Categories:
chirr, africa, animal, feelings, life,
Form: Haibun
Oodles of Robins Harbinger of Spring This Brutally Cold March 5th 2021
...Oodles of robins; harbinger of spring this brutally cold March 5th, 2021
Turdus migratorius -
otherwise known as robin red breast
jabbering Kon'nichiwa i.e. honorable guest
gather materials to ...
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Categories:
chirr, appreciation, beautiful, bird, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Broken Melody
...it's the midnight hour
as i watch the rise and fall
of your breath blend
in peerless harmony
within the cicada's song
i twirl along
in secluded mind
where thoughts fall
faded like shadows
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Categories:
chirr, love, music, night,
Form: Free verse
Rural Ghosts
...The chirr of parched insect wings –
bible dust preaching
from long abandoned boots.
Baked into the sky,
homesteads linger on the burnt stumps
of exhausted summers.
Dander creaks on dry porc...
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Categories:
chirr, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Chirr Chirree Chirr Chirree Doo Doo Doo
...The bells are ringing in deference to the songbirds.
Cardinals, robins, and one lone blue jay, I always feel sorry for.
Twittering and tweeting, serenading me, the blue jay hanging back a bit.
Chi...
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Categories:
chirr, bird,
Form: Free verse
Reparations, a Monumental Task
...Egypt, please pay off the Jewish people...in pyramids
chirr...….chirr.....chirr...
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Categories:
chirr, irony, jewish,
Form: Free verse
Morning Song
...Outside my window, underneath an eave,
nestlings chirr, greeting the new dawn
Sleepy eyes begin to open, seeking,
much to do now that dark of night is gone
The Keeper of the Stars is gatherin...
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Categories:
chirr, writing,
Form: Rhyme
My Face Reflecting In a Glass
...my face reflecting in a glass was small;
the face looked sure, was sensible, yet appeared
to be a kind of abashed, intimidated and embarrassed,
as the glasses add up one, two and more and more
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Categories:
chirr, abuse, allegory, angst, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Shut Not Those Eyes
...SHUT NOT THOSE EYES
Don’t shut those eyes
For there in my chortle lies.
In them I see a glaring new dawn
As your beaming smiles meld with the rising sun
To dry up the gore on my psyche left
By ...
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Categories:
chirr, love,
Form: Rhyme