Short Cheeping Poems

incessant bird trills
fast treetop conversations
cheeping and chirping...

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whilst at my desk i sit sleeping

the boss sneaks up behind creeping

lulling without care

birdsongs fill the air

when stop you fool stop that cheeping.
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to see hawthorn on the Summer hedges
bluebirds on the ledges of the low lying sill
 near the old cotton mill
bird song fills the air, chirping cheeping, caterpillars creeping.,
through the leaves of green 
glistening in the summer sun....

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WALKING IN MY GARDEN

When I walk through my garden late in the day
I hear the drone of a buzzing bumble bee
What wonders I see as I go on my way
And baby birds cheeping in the old oak tree
Yes, those are the wonders I hear and see

6 January 2020
For the contest sponsored by Dear Heart...

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Eggshells were full of promise,
Then eggshells splitting,
Arriving chicks 
Abandon shells.

All wet and limp
They sleep until
The yellow fluff of life excites.

Then cheep cheep cheeping 
and peep peep peeping,
Peck pecking at seeds,
And growing, growing,
When, as hens,
They start those promises again.
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Sitting amongst the heat of the sun,
listening to the various harmonious sounds,
the bird's cheeping and chirping,
the wasp's buzzing,
takes me to a tranquil place,
the flight of the fanciful bird,
tiny little creature's,
beetles's, ladybird's, ant's,
inhibit one's land,
if only we were all by the sand,
that would make my dream land....

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During enduring winter rain
the small bird cheeping

his only wish of certain warmth
ducks out of the sheeting rain - each
 
grain aimed an icy dart poignantly
tipped with a hardening past -

into the chimney duct through
too-small a hole for use again,

tweaking his wish to certain flames,
some sorta luck, and, suddenly drained,

              to sync with the rain...

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