Nightbird
An unhurried sun slides across the horizon
Preparing for slumber behind distant waves
And daylight’s last seagull rides thermals in search
Of a late night fish supper - the herring he craves
A paint shop explosion enlivens the skies
As the sun doffs its cap to the tail end of day
That silhouette seagull, against crimson, flys
Before finally veering and
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Categories:
nightbird, beach, inspiration, sea, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Nightbird
sees
man over moon
sings
songs of winter
hears
trees rustle
sea of dreams
rustle trees
hears
winter of songs
sings
moon over man
sees
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Categories:
nightbird, bird, dream, longing, nature,
Form: Verse
Song of the Nightbird
Deep in the hollow the night at its height,
Song of the nightbird echoing in the quiet,
Stillness as that of the past in our hearts,
As once again the nightbird starts,
Call of the wild in the deep groove,
The nightbird on a constant move,
All across the forest drizzling raindrops,
Shining sapphires, the lovely dew drops,
Reflection in silence in nature’s
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Categories:
nightbird, 7th grade, anger, animal,
Form: Lyric
Nightbird
Room full of candles, crystals and paintings
Well and this one is my little masterpiece...
De ja vu in my silver and black I am pulled
back in a flash like lightning from out of the
midnight blue to a certain place and time
but I never did ask forever from you.
And as the Nightbird sings in the shadow
of moonlight
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Categories:
nightbird, bird, dream, romance,
Form: Free verse
Farewell, Dear Nightbird ( Cowritten With Carolyn Devonshire )
You were but three inches tall that day
When I heard you cry and ran outside
To stand between you, my beloved owl
And a swooping hawk, wings three-feet wide
Little me, new born owl of the night
Staying
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Categories:
nightbird, animals, friendship, nature, places,
Form: Quatrain
Nightbird
majestic moon spied
a nightbird soars, enjoying
the still of the night
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Categories:
nightbird, life, nature, peace, time,
Form: Haiku