Short Sandhill Poems
Short Sandhill Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Sandhill by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Sandhill by length and keyword.
Sandhill Crane
In wet dusk air we
Watched as you stalked across
Traffic to the pond...
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Categories:
sandhill, animal, nature, seasons, sunset,
Form:
Haiku
redheads
redheads crowding street
rental car moves slowly by -
long-legged sandhill cranes
...
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Categories:
sandhill, america, bird, travel,
Form:
Haiku
Sandhill Cranes
freeze you bitter sky
skittish three trumpeting call-
dark legs trail behind
11/21/2018...
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Categories:
sandhill, bird, flying, food,
Form:
Haiku
Denizens of the Low Country
Where the sandhill cranes gather,
I stand and watch the swans preen
In the morning sun near the bridge
Alone, except for a circling vulture
All denizens of the lowland culture,
Passing high over the flanking ridge
A red-tail hawk hereabout rarely seen
Above the warm, crystal blue water.
written February 19, 2022
(Using the reverse rhyme scheme
which I have discovered in so many
of my poems: abcddcba)...
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Categories:
sandhill, bird, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
September Sandhills
September’s end descended swiftly
on the island of Manitou, as dark clouds
and strong winds vanquished yesterday’s
sun, bringing gray skies and cold rain.
In the fields, sandhill cranes gather,
then lift, en masse, silhouetted against
a sombre sky, their raucous cries harkening
to prehistoric times as they disappear across
the horizon following the east wind which
will carry them to Michigan and beyond.
We lower our heads and pedal on....
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Categories:
sandhill, nature, september,
Form:
Free verse