Short Bird On The Wing Poems

I've always been good with a sling
And can hit a bird on the wing
But Dave hit a giant
Who was not complaint
And for that, they made him a king?...

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Buzz! said the bee on
the bloom; Hoot! said the owl in
the tree; Chirp! said the
bird on the wing; Thank you, God!
I witnessed all these grand things....

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The sword of a King

Like a bird on the wing

As the light of dawn

Is here then it's gone

The power that's wielded

Is used then it's yielded

With no justice around

Till a new King is crowned...

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TWO FOR FEBRUARY

i’m crossing fingers
mild february thus far
blue skies    atlas smiles

blue bird on the wing
color against winter’s nap
harbinger of spring

Dave Austin

*inspired by “Chinook” – forgot the author...

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Brighten my heart 
With a thousand suns
Rip off my mind
With a million words 
Play me like strings
Here and in my dreams

Tell me to come
And I'll be your home
For you I'd sing
Like a bird with one wing
And I'll make you smile 
That'll last for a while...

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I have a fear that I might lose you
All the crazy things that I do
Only to be near you

I have lost many
But losing you
Will hurt me more than any

Like when a bird losses its wing 
It cannot fly
If I lose you
I will not be able to 
Sing, smile or cry
And, my soul will die....

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The Rose awaits dawn
Jewelled tears to soothe
bird upon the wing
calls out reveille
waning moon exits.

The breeze whispers
spirit so free
shakes new born leaves
rustles the tide.

Morning breaks
azure sky
hides the stars.

Nature's
habit.

Pure.

 © Harry J Horsman 2021...

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Orwell, Hemingway, King
Reading is my favorite thing 
Without books I would be a bird with one wing

Poe, Twain, Joyce
What I do with my free time is read 
That is my choice
I plan on writing my own book soon because my pen is my voice

Shelley, Lovecraft, Tzu
Books make me me 
What makes you you ?...

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When all the world came to conscienceness
You lay on your back
As the light came through the blinds
And a bird with broken wing spun round
Outside on the brown scorched lawn
The nights seem wrapped in fog
When day becomes the sun
And memory slips out of mind
To find its own repose
And never again awake...

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Across the sky at end of day

I watched as birds set off home

 to roost. Straight home with no doubt

Direct through pink flush sky but look

One bird at the back desperate

Flapping double time to keep up 

 With the confident the strong the bold.

Oh dear bird with broken wing

You are the bravest of the lot.
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A lily in the pond
A mountain beyond;
A blue sky in spring
A bird on the wing.
The rippling call
Of a waterfall;
A soft spring rain
A robin's refrain.
Fields full of flowers
Spending long hours
With arms around you
Speak words not a few.
Such little things
To remember for years;
The songs we sing
Memories with tears....

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Warm is the day
this lake my own.
Flowers lean and sway
this shore my throne.

Clouds high drifting
a satisfying sight.
Mornings blush shifting
a true delight.

Noon’s high sun
a bird on the wing.
Mid day silently done
a most pleasant thing.

Long shadows grow
The sun lost to my sight.
Daytime has let go
time to say goodnight....

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PEACE: A sunset,
PEACE: The waving grain,
PEACE: Blowing clouds,
PEACE: A gentle rain.

PEACE: A chirping cricket,
PEACE: A bird on the wing,
PEACE: The lofty mountain peak,
PEACE: A flowing stream.

PEACE: A giant redwood,
PEACE: The falling snow,
PEACE: The Babe born in Bethlehm,
Oh so long ago.

                     Cile Beer

written l976...

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I need to sleep in his arms,
Because it keeps me away from harm.

When things go wrong,
He has to say I'm strong.

Oh boy! You are my king,
Without you I should be like a bird without a wing.

He is down to earth,
Which made my mind wreath.

But I can never ever marry this boy,
As he exist in a far land known as Imagination.

#dated on: 25/01/2016...

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With broken wing, he cannot fly
There in the gray, December sky,
And therefore he is bound to die
Upon the cold, cold ground.

With broken wing, his dream is gone,
Of flying where his mate has flown,
And so he's left there, all alone,
With no hope to be found.

A lonely bird with broken wing,
A lark without a song to sing,
Is a sad and melancholy thing,
With darkness all around....

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Love’s Wheel

Nothing could compare to how you make me feel
Would that in this envelope were
My body, my heart and soul
In the distance I see your face and hold your hand

I hope-
I know you understand after a while
I see you don’t back down
You have taken a stand despite

Three choices given on love’s wheel

To help the blind to see
More time on the fruited plains,
And a bird on the wing,

That was me...

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It is relentlessly our intent
To do the right thing.
Why then do we relent—
A bird with broken wing?

We make earnest pledges
Vowing to fly higher.
But they fray at the edges—
Caught in self-made mire.

We would strive to be
A friend of welcoming ways.
Except they quickly flee—
Gliding through wasted days.

We pray for a resolution
To these earth-bound misses.
But we forestall a solution—
Opting for self-inflicted hisses....

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I'd like to feel free,
As a bird on the wing.
Join a choir and gustily sing.
Read an exciting book,
Without being disturbed.
I could talk to myself,
Without being overheard.
Sit out in the garden,
On an old garden swing
Swinging up high,
As a bird on the wing,
Free as a bird,
That's how I would like to be,
Young and unencumbered,
Not ancient like me.
I am old now,
Have I lost my chance?
Certainly not, My EYES CAN
STILL DANCE?...

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Show your love and let it go
Show your ego and confine it
For your love it shall return
For the latter not so likely

Like the falcon on my arm
The swing out in the park
Just like a sailing boomerang
Or a cradle in the dark

When the hare outruns the fox
The cubs don't get to feed
Like a fortune to a fool
Driven only by his greed

Like the clouds release the rain
Like the tree, its seed to grow
Like the bird on fallen wing
Show your love and let it go...

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To the beach, the sand , the waves
A summer day with no sense of hurry
Feet in the surf and the cry of the gull
Appreciating a day without worry...

Beyond the blue horizon such mystery
Known to the soaring bird on the wing
With a boat and dream I'd sail away
To look for the answers to many a thing.....

Just one day, in a book of singular days
A memory now, that day at the shore
But the essence of  wind and the wave
With me now, asking for nothing more....


6/11/13...

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I'd like to feel free,
As a bird on the wing.
Join a choir and gustily sing.
Read an exciting book,
Without being disturbed.
I could talk to myself,
Without being overheard.
Sit out in the garden,
On an old garden swing
Swinging up high,
As a bird on the wing,
Free as a bird,
That's how I would like to be,
Young and unencumbered,
Not ancient like me.
I am old now,
Have I lost my chance?
Certainly not, MY EYES CAN STILL DANCE?





Previously submitted January 2022...

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As the night sky began to dim
And u really want to commit a sin 
That sex instinct kick in
In this youth and time not having sex is like committing a crime
The pleasure and please make you lose your mind 
Its like taking a sip of some fine wine

At times it lead to bad things
But yet we try to get a early fling
Its like a young bird with broken wing
Sex in the mids of absence

Sex is like an addiction
Not having it won't give you redemption
But the crave will leave you reluctant...

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