plain peahens step aside as the peacocks strut into the barnyard
they do a little mating dance, preening, showing off, being male
if I had those beautiful feathers, I would be jazzier than any of them!
The other peahens laugh at little brown, the youngest peahen.
We all talked like that at one time, an older peahen told her.
I used to beg father sky for some pretty feathers, but I did not get them.
Little Brown was not dissuaded,
she thought they had not tried hard enough.
Categories:
peahen, bird,
Form: Free verse
He was the top of the mark.
Puffed up and proud.
Nothing was as beautiful.
He strutted so loud.
We peahens were askance
At his arrogant dance.
He made us all sick
As he made his pick.
The peahen that was chosen
Was the one who said she’d never go.
We all heard her giggling.
She is such a ho.
Categories:
peahen, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Pretty peacocks parade puffy plumage,
painted peach, pink, purple...
Patterns preview picturesque poses,
pleasing peahens' passion.
Peacocks' plumage presents protection,
potential predators pass promptly.
Categories:
peahen, animal, color, nature,
Form: Alliteration
I shall fan you out with my feathered tail
Strutting and preening
Pointedly marching my peacock toes
You will be amazed and faint at my feet
For I am a male, and this is what peahens do
You will be overcome with my glorious plumage
My gorgeous blue and green feathers with pops of gold
My beauty will astound you, and break you down
You will melt like a snow cone at my feet.
The plain brown peahen rolled her eyes.
She was astounded by his modesty of course.
And by his pompous arrogance.
She could live the rest of her life without this in her life.
She walked off, never to return to this barnyard.
Where there was only one peacock.
Who lived the rest of his life not understanding why she had left.
Not realizing how annoying and vain he was.
Moral of the story: You do not have to say every thought in your head
Categories:
peahen, animal,
Form: Prose Poetry
A queen
Or not a queen;
The glamour of peahen
Which other bird of the forest
Can brag?
Categories:
peahen, beauty,
Form: Cinquain