Fledglings in parental nest
Way-lost as if we live in hoary past--
In epics of hist’ry poets have sung,
In portraits of culture, hoisted on mast,
Still, where are old glories, save on the tongue?
One knows of few people, east bound or west,
That live so long, linger on what had been--
Fledglings as if
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Categories:
fledglings, bird, history, old,
Form: Sonnet
Categories:
fledglings, poems, poetry, words,
Form: Other
Tiny Fledglings
Fledglings
downy puffballs
of yellow-white feathers
sporting beaks of orange-yellow
discover the joy of liquid raindrops
cascading down from trees to leaves
mastering their art fast
precious offspring
fledglings
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Categories:
fledglings, animal, appreciation, bird, nature,
Form: Rictameter
Novices and Fledglings
Everyone thinks they can write a poem
Like almost everyone has a story to tell,
And many think writing is a way to fame
To them, I say with sarcasm, “Oh, well!”
Talented writers are like match to flame
Words and phrases flow like a stream,
And even after, require thorough editing
Separating the gasp from the scream.
Far be it from me
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Categories:
fledglings, encouraging, poems, poets, writing,
Form: Quatrain
Fledglings
In the hollow of a tree by the river,
There are fledglings whose voices quiver
Like the melody of morning, unworried
That the moon by the sun is hurried.
Like these chicks, I’m content to unravel,
Undisturbed on my earthly travel,
The undying and ravishing wonder
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Categories:
fledglings, bird, life, nature, tree,
Form: Rhyme
My Fledglings It's Time
So now I sit and watch the years go past
I wonder how my children grew so fast
For : Time - single rhyming couplet contest
1st Place
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Categories:
fledglings, family, time,
Form: Couplet