Bird Pastoral Poems

I am getting older now and live alone but for the company of a blue and gold macaw named Sweetheart who inspired me to write...

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The shepherd stood on the field, frail,
He knew not what to do when and why,
As the wrathful sun did steep down,
The confused chap followed his...

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A sparrow the image
And she lonely seeks out food.
From the bushes and recesses
For a hopeful waiting brood.
And the cosmos spins around her
And she seems a...

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This is a poem about one of our endangered birds of prey, the Marsh Harrier. 

Dancing in the air 
moving to an unheard tune 
instinctive...

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While gathering wood one autumn day
To make a stack beside the stove,
I spied a nest along the way
Of back and forth and to and fro.

November’s...

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MORNING GLORY

Feel the drop of the sweetness of the morning dew,
Feel the showers of the morning rain,
Hear the songs of beautiful birds,
Smell the scent of...

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The smell of turkey fills the house
   and the mind and tongue are consumed
   with memories and scents of holidays passed.

The...

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Birds   -End Line Word Poem-

At sunrise I saw the humming             ...

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I saw a bird on the side of the road the other day. I wondered if if was hit by an airplane way up high...

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Friendly Animals 

A flock of human like penguin stood on the icy shore, in the water 
sharks waited, but the birds had to catch food...

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I seek help from no one else
But Jesus Christ, my Lord an' all.
This daily grind ever fails;
In Christ, I'm free from brawl.

I can't go back...

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I sit under this tree
Beautiful weather
serenading my face
Two lovers holding hands
A bird singing sweetly
Children playing Hide 'n Seek
The Clouds spelling out my name
There is no...

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I wake to the songs of the birds
I hear them calling my name
I know their comings and their goings
Just as they know mine.

I have woken...

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I wade into my creek...
I wade into the Prairie
Crayfish scuttle about my feet
I can feel its slippery algaed rocks
slide perilously under my feet.

The sun is...

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I saw a bird fall from the sky, I watched a grown man 

as sit on the corner with his only possessions left in his...

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           Sorrows are God's winds,
      His contrary, at times strong...

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Bird at open window
Soft  Summer  rain
Leaf flickered teardrops
Life slipping down
To nurture the ground
As I sit here groping
Hoping to find
Wording of moment
To  picture...

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