Roosts Poems | Examples

Sonnet

Sonnet

From far, back I have come
To their surprise, I brought a dove, 
Happy they were, everyone at home, 
And a nest they weaved for her, what a love! 
My brother, a smith, made her a golden ring. 
Love and compassion led her out of bond
To the sky she soars up — her song to sing.
Between us no frictional touch, but fine fond;
In her crops-pasturing afoot she walks, 
While our eyes tendering on her steps, lest treading a hook
For we all feel unease to a cause she crawls, 
And our heart pounds to the eagle  nasty look;
Always she roosts in her nest to avoid the rain, 
And when get wet, in the sun she stands to drain. 

©® Muhammad Abdulhamid Kumo 
April, 2024

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Nesting

Few people there were,
the day was slipping gently
into rising pools of twilight.
Passing city lights
winked
behand stands of trees.

Here is a family of walkers,
how like birds they appear?
Their young, sleepily following,
tethered by feathers of light
in the silent dark.

Over there, a little apart,
birdlike,
a man and his spouse talk in low tones
their words peck unheard.
We are all here,
speaking between the light and its shadows.

Aware of each other we are,
like the sky is aware of the earth
when evening roosts
among all the nesting thoughts
collected that day.

The immaterial has been gathered in,
arranged,
we now settle as one,
only to fly away into another day.

Upon the Heath

After the greedily laden cirrus' lighten their loads,
a dog day returns to our suburban sanctuary.
As the mercury ascends like a climber captured in a glass tube,
the heath's heady aromas revoke our remorse.
Tangled brier and spiky scrub emit their balm:
a conspicuously redolent cocktail of coconut and cabbage.
Backlit baubles of liquid sunshine dazzle the view,
while defying gravity on their barbed roosts.
Suspended above the sodden, verdant heath, like an ethereal spirit,
another cloud hangs low, as if a subterranean lava lake -
once dormant - has been aroused from its viscous langour.
The transient torrent which incited the tribes to take refuge -
now passed - invites its flock to flood back onto the pasture.

Love Pain Twin

I soar from the embers of the life
coincidences
grasping the ladle of passion 
in my exact part
a butterfly roosts to my left
ponder on the shrubs 
that lives in me
what do they ever emulate
lost paired on havoc, they
keep me mellow
nagging sensations
traverse the deepness 
of love and pain
fantastic mates
life dwells below 
your carapace quality

Written: September 28, 2022

Silences Silenced

Thinking in the,
Absence of silence.

A droplet of ink, 
Can make millions think
Thinking in the
Absence of this silence.

Silence is being answered, 
From questions that have
Never asked?

It is silence, 
You do get
Pearls of Wisdom
Thickens, be it said. 

Don't plan on being helped,
For help has gone silent
When this book, sitting here
On the shelf, silenced.

Silences, be it that,
Standish one
Instead, be the laid-back one
Make some history.

I am writing his words,
Doing what he does.

Takes one last glance at, 
The silence around the room
Silenced is his, he roosts.

Glittering Sweat

A commotion in the heart
like a strong gust of wind!
A tingling sensation in the heart, 
as if current flown through veins..
My dreams seems flying high,
Like Dry leaves and straws in the sky,
The playful mind sparrows run, 
far away from their roosts! 
Collect vapors from all over the world,
Like the many secrets of heart,
Thundering the frightened cloud
as if the heart was beating fast! 
Running here n there in panic, 
in search of peace!
Found soothing breeze on the way, 
Like a saint messenger of peace!
The secret that was hidden for years 
All turned into water.
Drops of rain sprinkled, like tears fell from the cheeks...
The chaos has calmed down now, 
the anxiety of mind has gone away ...
The secrets that rained down like drops
the panic of the clouds went away...
This sky is empty of straws, 
many "leaves" are scattered on the roads...
Wiping Glitterring sweat, sparrows utterred
this rain has brought some “coolness"though...

A Day At the Pier

Seagulls gliding o'er the pier,
Their raucous cries caught in the wind.
They duck and dive without fear,
To snatch a fish as they descend,
While anglers to their lines attend.

The pungent essence of the sea,
Inundates the atmosphere,
And sand kicked up by briny breeze,
Stings and causes eyes to tear,
But sun is shining and sky is clear. 

A pelican roosts on a wooden post,
Napping lazily in the sun,
While children collect shells and boast,
Of which of them found the prettiest one.
A perfect day for having fun.

4/7/21

The Rooster

Rooster ~
     Pecks the dust, raising 
   Particles, pebbles
 Earth.

       Hen ~
     Comes around
  Roosts with him.






Paint a Picture Poetry Contest (7 lines)
Sponsor: Joseph May
September 22, 2020

Finding Haiku

upon each moment
roosts a peacock- fully fanned
veiled from trite peruse
as keen eyes pause and ponder
the faint outline of feathers

Kiss the Turkey

Let us sit at the table and enjoy a big feast
for I have baked the apple pie without yeast 
I sang to the turkey and now he feels fine
so go ahead, uncork a bottle of ruddling wine
Give thanks with a grateful heart then eat 
with gratitude & thankfulness, its all meat 
except for the mash potatoes and the cranberry 
its all pagan, this poor bird wil never drink sherry
If you see a bee in my season bonnet its because
I happen to love turkeys, with a whole lot of fuzz
I will not shine for you for sadly here he roosts 
on a silver platter as we celebrate and boost 
If you feel a little sluggish after the big fat meal 
think of the pride that you plucked from his steel 
once upon a time that old bird was a clucking 
now he just sits and doesn't know a single thing
I'm not laying the guilt trip but all I say is this , 
the least you can do is give him a big kiss
So on Thanksgiving don't bow your head in vain
if you don't give thanks, then thats a crying shame !

Corvus

Brooding atop a cracked stone cross,
the raven roosts in solitude...
Ivory remnants of former souls
drift restlessly beneath unkempt black soil,
But the bird is their remorseful conqueror,
And the skeletons can only emit wails and mutters
From their detaining graves...

Ghastly fog slinks between the kingdom of tombstones,
And the raven mourns for Death’s victims,
the decaying phantoms that
wander so endlessly,
on and on and on…
He lies in contrition for his own occupation,
for his own lost spirit,
conjoined so closely with those
lurking underneath his talons.

Valentine's Day

Early morning,

new, deep, snow

sunlit in the Garden,

covering the lonely woods.


Suddenly descending,

a mourning dove flutters,

roosts in the Tree.


There in a mere few moments:

another mourning dove returning,

perching, restless, cooing:


Cold, heedless solitude

sloughed off,

like the needless snow

the doves shake from their feathers.

Sunrise and Sunset

SUNRISE 
and
SUNSET
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sunrises, sometimes you never see them, their
colours, red, pink, that magic in the sky.
Reasons, clouds, the sight of sunrises do blur!
Oft sat and pondered why the colours, why?

The day, done, sun it sets, oft it blushes!
As it sinks it kisses the day goodbye.
Photogenic, its hues, my mind touches 
Silhouettes birds as to their roosts they fly.

My pondering deduced pollution, sad!
Consolation their beauty, well a tad!

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2/15/18

SUNRISE and SUNSET poetry contest, sponsored by Silent One











Sunrise and sunset - Poetry Contest

Sexy Sway

A figure of eight
Infinity knows
Sexy sway now baits
Taut tensions flood flow


A sleek fine physique
Charming bulge of breasts
Curves that preach mystique
Crash of lusty flesh


Hormones on the edge
Strains of oomph that surge
Broken glass on ledge
Crude sensations urge


Dazzle now drizzles
A mad howling boost
Glimmer now mingles
Fleeting fancy roosts


Rush along sure grief
Be wary on a pun
Tempting this mad brief
Run away! Just run!




Leon Enriquez
21 August 2017
Singapore

No Humans To Fear

A brindled mountain capped with snow,
hosts paradise in its shadow.
And moss clings to the virgin rock
on ancient roosts where seabirds flock.

White waters teach Brooks how to sing
with the tinkling pitch bubbles bring.
And chuckle with a gurgling sound,
laughing out loud where rocks abound.

Gushing rivulets, spray, and twist,
morphing into a sparkling mist.
And wildflowers, living jewels,
are mirrored in reflecting pools.

Light and dark play with skittish leaves,
chasing applause; each breeze receives.
And subtle odors scent the air
with a fragrance beyond compare.

In this secluded place on Earth,
Serenity reveals its worth.
For utopia resides here,
tranquil, with no humans to fear.

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