Short Covey Poems

A covey of quail
Under a snarl of brush
Out of the weather...

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A covey of quails
Decided to cross the road,
The brush was their goal....

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covey of doves
upon rose trellis....
first day of summer

cloudy, rainy, cold, damp day
coldest since records were kept
    ...

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back door screen opens
covey of doves' wings whirr~whirr....
housewife steps into sun
hummingbirds whirr round feeder  
she stands still while whirr round head ...

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Covey of nuns
without benefit of wimple

graciously attired 
sport coat, turtleneck, skirt

scurry through the airport
iPads swinging

unaware the turtleneck 
is their Roman collar.


Donal Mahoney...

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“kitchen cauldron”


gathered 
together
a covey 
a gaggle

mother and
mother’s
sisters and
mother

pasta sauce
simmers as a
song’s sung
for dinner

pray thee
three bay
leaves be
thy trinity

a tea 
of thyme
to time 
to undo

boil brought
counterclock
wisely stir
the brew...

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One afternoon in the chamber of death
A young man loses his life
Death took him with a smile

No longer feel pain
He truly forgives them all
Whose eyes were so blind
And covey him to his tomb
He knew he finally free

In hands of justice 	
By death of an innocent
Decayed truth unveiled





~ Kimo, Tanka, Senryu Forms...

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It was his first flight,
He had desired lofty height.

He loved fighter jets,
He talked about it on his dates.

Though he failed his enrolment exams twice,
He knew life is like throwing dice.

Sky flight was his all-time favourite movie,    
Unlike the bird’s movie, Covey.

He passed his simulation practices, 
He preferred them to algebra matrices.

He heard so many noises in the sky,
He landed in a lost city called Fey.



November 6, 2022....

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