help from a myna bird
I hear my ringtone
is that my phone?
I check, but there are no messages or calls.
Floyd, my myna bird is laughing with my Uncle Pete’s laugh.
Now he is imitating grandma Bee’s snoring noises.
He is such a trickster; an expert mimic, he is one of my favorite toys
briiiiiiing briiiiiiing briiiiiiing briiiiiiing briiiiiiing
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Categories:
myna, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Chatting With A Myna Bird
I can't think of anything more absurd
Than chatting with a haughty myna bird
He will outwit me by far
Since he's wiser than I are
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Categories:
myna, bird, humorous,
Form: Limerick
My Myna
I enjoy
My myna in my cage
Talking to me day and night
Seeking freedom to fly
That I enjoy
Not knowing it’s tongue
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Categories:
myna, character, environment, language,
Form: Free verse
A Myna Bird Please
A myna bird please she said with a grin.
We were all shocked. How had she wandered in?
The store had been locked by our Uncle Ben.
We sold her the bird for a dollar ten.
We were sworn to secrecy, swiftly then.
Bird belonged to crazy grandma Jen.
No one talked. Silent, all ten.
A relief for sure, no more din.
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Categories:
myna, animal,
Form: Monorhyme
Myna Bird Solace
There they were, in the center of
our asphalt cul-de-sac street
circled around their dead companion,
four common myna birds, holding
their own semblance of a funeral.
I slowly backed out of my driveway
and passed by them in quiet reverie.
They didn't attempt to fly away or
even move as I passed by them.
Tears flooded my eyes as I realized
how much they
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Categories:
myna, bird, funeral, grief,
Form: Free verse