Short Partridge Poems

partridge in flight
flutters grazing
dad’s hunting hat
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partridge family
traveling band
a tv road show



posted on July 2, 2018...

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partridge hunting
tiptoeing
through autumn



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

Posted on May 6, 2023...

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fallen snow
three rolled balls
snowman grins

at partridge
perched on a
Christmas tree

joined waiting
turtle doves
out the cold 

12/6/2018

Poetry Contest: Charlieku 3-3-3 
Sponsored by: Charles Messina...

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tales of the Iroquois twitter, afowl — partridge drumming hostile beats



5/30/2018

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Travel,
Roam all life long,
Pilgrimage shore to shore,
In this life and yon; who can tell
Where to!
___________________________________
Cinquains | 09.06.14 |  

From my book, Harvest of the Late Season, published by Penguin (Partridge)...

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C-oal clouds and rain Friday 
A-re both nowhere in view; 
N-ight chill has disappeared, 
D-arkness departs from 
Y-ou. 

S-un twenty-seventh January 
A-ims to brighten the day; 
L-et Thursday haze vanish, 
V-ile weather fades away. 
A-llow the morn to break, 
D-awn hears the partridge; 
O-pen your ears to the breeze, 
R-est on the hanging bridge....

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I am the wind 
beneath the 
sparrows wings 
as it heavenly sings.
I am the single rose 
sitting in a barren land.
I am the the lions voice,
and the partridge voice as they 
rejoice. 

I am the beam of light 
penetrating the vastness
of the worlds darkness.

The secret power is 
no secret,the secret 
power is me.

I am the secret power revealed
and concealed in greatness....

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I picked out the perfect gift
I chose to give you a smile
A ten on the Rickter scale
It can travel many miles

I know when you receive it
You will pass it right along
Perhaps you will convert it
Into your own special song

Then before we all know it 
A sad world can sing with us
People may think we're crazy
Riding on the happy bus

Like the Partridge Family
We can travel to and fro
All flashing our pearly whites
Putting on a happy show...

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Drifting as gossamer winged ones
Highlights in the soul
Floating far above cloud
Touching down
To hear the old cat loud.

Such as I in capsulate these
Screeching ball of mangled fur
Never to catch its prey
Broken wings crashing
To far below I sink

Many a merry day I spent
In extraordinary flight
Flaps down
That damn cat in sight

What for lunch my dearest 
Partridge or goose
I shall pierce all
Hang them on a noose....

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Mr. Ron P. Goose was going courting that day.
He dressed in blue, looking delightfully gay.
The deer was silent, but the bunny said, “Hey!”
The cat left the chubby mouse alone, watching him play.

"How do I look?" Asked Mr. Ron Goose, on his way to brunch.
"You look fabulous!" peeped the partridge. "Have a nice lunch."
The forest was silent for a few seconds after he was gone.
"Woman date or man date?" Butterflies tittered about Mr. Ron....

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On a recent trip I was gone
but not for long
to Eastern Oregon
where I saw my first chukar
(a partridge-like bird pronounced 'chucker')
which in time
compelled me to analyse
and revise
an old and pleasant pheasant rhyme
give it the feathery touch
and in the end
regale my Oregonian friends
with a resounding recital
of...
'I'm not a chukar plucker
I'm a chukar plucker's son
and I'm only plucking chukars
'til the chukar plucker comes'
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Tucked among the hedge rows
in winter green of backyard glen,
the tiny maple grows.

Its leaves a golden bed
for rabbit, mouse or partridge hen,
with strands of pine straw wed.

Beauty to all who see
the silence deep on scene of night,
pureness akin to chi

Rising sharply from brush,
doves cloister in concord of flight,
at mornings's hint of blush.

Nov. 21, 2012  Charles Henderson
I have this listed as a triolet, but it is not.  
My rhyme scheme is aba, cbc, ded, fef...

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