Long Flightless bird Poems

Chapter 12 (c) The Fireflower (continued)

So forthwith it was decided 
That upon the next day’s dawning 
They would send a party swiftly 
Inland by a river valley  
 
They would climb to highland forest...

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With canoe and hook of a jawbone
  below a great fish Maui snared,
and his brothers half-crazed behaving
  leapt and gouged in frenzy craving.
From Palliser Bay to Cape Reinga 
 (departing place of the...

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SAVING DAY LIGHT

I’m the weaving dancer of passion’s delight,
Twisting in between the shafts of the rainbow,
At twilight, but saving day light for my pleasures
Hidden desire, I do this for he my master of fantasy.
For him,...

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Flightless, the smallest such bird,
he’s hopping about madly now,
dexterous little feet grab what they can -
he lost his beak decades ago
to a merciless marauder drone –
here, some tiny, thorny little twigs,
there, a footful of leaves...

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History is a loudmouth dunghill hen,
Who so hid hind it were left to cavil,
He who loves here and now’s a happy man.  

Past, a flightless bird, primes its wings in vain, 
A dodo buried...

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You seem happy
But of course, everyone puts on an act
A full face of non-existent make up
You put it on before you take the first step out your door

I do not despise all happy people
But I...

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The Gift, The Truth, Hope And Its Sweet Promise

Your hope- you have gifted unto me
unto me, a vagabond shifting sand
a flightless bird lost in its plumage
under a great and mighty oak tree
above the sun beams
its...

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Maybe I seek meaning in the press of sympathetic eyes
Maybe within me resides a cancerous longing to shatter into a million tiny pieces
Maybe I will finally matter once tragedy razes the last vestiges of normalcy
Maybe...

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Say that everything will be just fine,
When I’m lying in bed with a bottle of wine.
And you’re workin’ on number nine,
Figuring out why I’m still on your mind.

Call me and tell me you’re alone,
So I...

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Do- Re- Mi-

Do..Dodo flightless bird
fearless of humans; easy prey!
Extinct so long many believe you a myth....

Re master of universe
mirror image of Ra...worshiped
by millions seeking a ray of hope..
a ray of sunshine warming heart and soul...

Mi.....

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For want of full virtuous zeal oligarchs thrive 
Against deserving clamor for brighter ideals;
And perennially trampled commoners groan
Under weight no inured villain distantly feels. 

Bereft of real fighting energy better humans
Give in to the more...

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I walk 
I walk the earth
with dark and heavy steps
I walked the earth in search of something
I walked the earth until my feet turned black

there were times of great plenty
there were times of great need
there...

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I saw a songbird sing
Joyful she was with her song of hope
No tears in her eyes
Just the sunshine and the baby blue skies
I heard her sing her song of admiration 
Her song filled with the...

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“You can’t play on broken strings”
And still you made me feel like I had wings
Until that day you walked away
I had to try and keep the tears at bay

“When you cried, I’d wipe away all...

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Right


If Heaven’s gates are all that wait,
Then let that fate which I await,
Take me in; I can no longer stay.
This fool for love hopes for judgment day.  


This life I lived, to all I...

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Screaming is what I heard 
Screaming like a flightless bird 

I was alone in a cell or in a room 
Everyday the screams came with the moon 

Tomorrow is a new day 
But I'm the...

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a flightless bird too sore to soar,
for i’m a raven wearing pain-
fear begins a tragical war,
whispers from sated stars remain

i kept secrets until you died,
        for you are...

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Sometimes he writes to her
upon a white paper moon.
The ink of his thoughts
dries to invisibility
as he folds the love-letter
into an origami model
of a flightless bird,
a creature now extinct.

He imagines her putting on her face,
dressing up
getting...

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Your love has made me weary
Your eyes do light the way
Your lips must taste like berries 
Or chocolates far away
Your hair smells like vanilla
Just ask me and I’ll stay
To hold you in my strongest arms
And...

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life is weary
my eyes are teary

life gets harder every time
i guess that's why we have to rhyme

are you ready to go?
they're about to start the show...

my head is spinning round and round
waiting for this girl...

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