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Mynas Poems - Poems about Mynas


Premium MemberMorning Comes to Huatung Valley

...Mist feathery drifts
last night’s breath loosening
above basalt slopes of Huatung

Pacific swallows trace morning brushwork
over Fuli’s rice paddies
new green scented with rain.

Xiuguluan Ri...
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Categories: mynas, morning, mountains, nature, peace,
Form: Imagism

Lamb To The Slaughter

...Gentle tributary
of a hill-born river
suburban lake caressed
acres of fertile land -
paddy rich, growing fields

Schools of fish raced at depths
water-birds, herons, egrets,
warblers, mynas, ...
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Categories: mynas, environment,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberWhat Did the Bunyan Tree Tell

... As I was about to enter the frontier of a forest
I was greeted by a Bunyan tree at the very entrance
It started talking to me in a language audible 
That could be wisely deciphered as...
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Categories: mynas, environment, friendship, tree, wisdom,
Form: Free verse

Soul of the World

...Raising tunes of the koels in the morning
Interfering voices of the crows in between
Alarming sound of the hens and cocks 
Tik tiks of woodpeckers that knock
Mild whistle of munias unplanned
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Categories: mynas, bird, nature, song, sound,
Form: Rhyme

Majestic Morning

...One morning I went out to my balcony to watch sunrise. Sun had not yet come. I thought let me meditate. Closed my eyes, stopped meandering mind, became still. Eyes closed, mind thoughtless, I became ...
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Categories: mynas, nature,
Form: Haibun



Beauty

...Blessed with morning beauty...
Chirping mynas pecking nuts;
Jumping squirrels abducting nuts;
Pretend to be fighting as naughty
Yet they are sharing it's beauty....
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Categories: mynas, beautiful, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Birdsville Sanctuary

...My neighbour
wondered where all the birds were going to
"to my yard,"
I replied
the Cockatoos for the green almonds
Blackbirds and Mynas for ground cover insects
Crows bark-scavenging for borer...
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Categories: mynas, nature,
Form: Free verse

Welcome To Our Garden

...Orange cosmos flowers inside a circle
along with the canna indica flowers;
A big smile of welcome at the front entrance.                                                                             ...
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Categories: mynas, garden,
Form: Free verse

Morning Bliss

...Like the blessings from the heaven,
The magical sun rays wake me up
Beautiful Buds bathed in the dew,
attain the inner strength to bloom
Evergreen trees waggle the branches
Happy plants smil...
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Categories: mynas, beautiful, morning, sun,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWho Would Milk the Tigress

...Who would milk the Tigress
				
                				    wears no armour    gasmask
				pail within squat thighs
					nor bloodless forefinger and thumb

Cows wear forlorn looks 
	distressed...
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Categories: mynas, freedom, mother daughter, peace,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWar and Peace

...Who can understand why war still exists where
there are clouds reflected in water here

History has proven its futility
even the breeze has a peaceful touch

The graves of the fallen state “the...
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Categories: mynas, peace, war,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberGive Peace a Chance

...Who can understand why war still exists where
there are clouds reflected in water here
History has proven its futility
even the breeze has a peaceful touch
The graves of the fallen state “they died f...
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Categories: mynas, philosophy, war,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPoems Omega Minus - Parts One and Two

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For once he banished all birds
from the air
       not just Mynas tick-picking
on twitching backs
       but all birds, unnamed
and high bred
with each wave of his contrived hand
extending the pel...
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Categories: mynas, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

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