I am an Ibis, a wading bird.
Times have become quite absurd.
My family used to enjoy the wetlands.
The cool fresh water answered all our demands.
The global weather patterns have all changed.
The water situation is definitely rearranged.
Water in our habitat did just deteriorate.
Forcing us to fly east and migrate.
We all made homes in each city.
Which is really now such a pity.
Our search for water is sad.
Our future is pretty bad.
Categories:
ibis, bird,
Form: Personification
wetland water whirls
an ibis searches for crabs ~
foraging ballet
white feathers emerge
standing tall on bright pink stilts ~
bill crab prize displayed
grunts and cooing sounds
echo the wet marsh at dusk ~
ibis courting chant
Categories:
ibis, beautiful, bird, nature,
Form: Haiku
Guará, the Brazilian Ibis
as our guarana...
from the atlantic forest
what's left for us to
enchant !
Maned, chromatic summary
of beauty...
the passing black
when sprouting with all
shed on its threshold...
White Guara
almost virginal in the morning
youth... as well as
if for life
if you showed...
In the finale, or in maturity,
biological chromatism
again shows...
resembles, reddens
even though it is not the case,
adult now in life...
Guará, free wonder.
majesty in the Serra do Mar.
Gorgeous nature... !
Categories:
ibis, allegory, allusion, beauty, bird,
Form: Light Verse
young ibis
soon to mature -
patchwork
Categories:
ibis, animal, appreciation, nature, poems,
Form: Haiku
Sacred
Bird of the gods
Long legged wading fowl
Live in wetlands, forests and plains
Ibis
Categories:
ibis, animal, basketball, beautiful, tribute,
Form: Cinquain
Idolized by pharaohs, monarchs and kings;
Bird of the wetlands, marshes and swamps.
Interesting forager with long bill and stilted long legs;
Sacred icon of the dynasties of yore.
Categories:
ibis, animal, appreciation, dedication, nature,
Form: Acrostic
He's treading the shallows
at the border of the lake like
a house cat kneading your lap,
his neck like radar, scanning a map
for morsels disingenuously believing
the borders of the lake are Zen,
that the mire in which they anchor
is armor against the avian, but then,
gliding guilelessly along edges,
Slowly,slowly, no need for hurry:
he never hedges the bet there's
breakfast beneath his feet,
the table set.
Categories:
ibis, bird,
Form: Rhyme
I am the Ibis a sacred bird,
from distant lands of the ancients.
the land of pyramids,
lands of Arabia and Africa.
Bird of knowledge that is friend to the Gods.
Brave during storms my will is as strong
as a Hurricane.
I am the last to take shelter before
a storm approaches
and the first to reappear
once
the
storm has passed.
Categories:
ibis, adventure
Form: Free verse
I have met the Ibis
The Sacred Bird of Knowledge
The reincarnation of Thoth
Whose Wisdom knows no end.
I now know why Theuth loved you as I do
Why Socrates used you as his Muse
For Arithmetic and All Calculations
For Astronomy and Draughts and Dice
For all invented ruminations.
I understand your threefold countenance
Of the earth you walk as Man
Floating deity of space on water
Ascending spirituality of the air.
Born to reveal the will of the Gods
Laid by Logos upon the waters of the Universe
I beseech you now to bestow upon me
Both knowledge and your grasp of reality.
(January 6, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)
(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved,
Categories:
ibis, philosophy
Form: Lyric
The day that Pilate helped sentence
Jesus to the cross ---
People were proclaiming, that Ceaser
was their only boss ---
Although Pilate argued for Jesus
life to be spared ---
Few showed any mercy and even
less expressed that they cared ---
Finally after several attempts to save
Jesus from a cruel death ---
Pontius proclaimed IBIS AD CRUCEM
and then held his breath ---
Christ was led away and crucified
for all to see ---
With the sign above His head, INRI;
which was prophisied to be.
Notes: IBIS AD CRUCEM MEANS: YOU SHALL GO TO THE CROSS
INRI MEANS: JESUS OF NASERETH, KING OF THE JEWS
Categories:
ibis, faith
Form: Narrative
national bird of
Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean Isle
the scarlet ibis
it is a tropical bird
bright red in color
it has a long neck
and it's bill is long and curved
feathers are black tipped
feet are slightly webbed
it's legs are long and skinny
with a wide wing span
beak is used to probe
in mud and shallow water
where it looks for food
you should see it fly
with its long neck extended
as if it's gliding
it's a good fighter
fights with beak legs and it's wings
protects its offspring
scarlet ibis is
one of the most beautiful
of bird family
they're gregarious
rest in colonies in trees
they travel in flocks
united they are
we can learn a thing or two
from these awesome birds.
Categories:
ibis, animals, nature, bird, bird,
Form: Haiku