Short Cockatiel Poems

Wildlife 49 

An ageing yet droll cockatiel,
Had plumage a bit down at heel,
He performed a sad song,
And the flock sang along,
For they knew his rendition was real!...

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Facing the camera
cockatiel sat on your head
your mouth and eyes are smiling
much in the same way
I still frame your warmth and love
my glass and wood are sorrows


For contest ' Oh how I miss you', sponsored by Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer...

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My son has a cute little Cockatiel
That doesn’t say a word.
But when I look in its eyes,
I can only surmise
That it’d like to take on Big Bird.

I wondered what could be the reason
For facing this huge deed?
It’d say, “Why should only puppets,
And rather large Muppets
Get to eat all the Sesame Street seed?”...

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She came one day out of the blue
A cockatiel in search of love
And filled our life with utmost bliss
The perfect gift from far above!
But then one day an ill wind blew 
He called her back to pastures new.

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Bitesize no 67 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier
       Placed 1st
© 21st June 2023...

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A COCKATIEL WITH A BUDGIE COMPLEX 
 
So for a laugh, I thought I would buy Mo a cockatiel
Even sent it to a speech therapist, to learn the spiel

Soon it arrived in the post and, made itself at home
Where Mo was more than happy to let it freely roam

Days passed and from the cockatiel not one squeak
Until a day it rustled up and said to Mo, tweet tweet

Indiana Shaw . . . *o*...

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