Shrike Poems - Poems about Shrike

... Let your adornment not be external our crowning glory must never be camouflage Into the hearts of dupe believer's cultures Did the holy wreath hurt as much as my broken heart? A shrike can......

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...but is a Shrike not stuck to its thorns just like everything else? when I turn my hands back into stones, when I bare my teeth, when I puff out my throa......

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... What is the point of grandma’s lullaby if the child nestled in her arms cannot be soothed? Or the wail of the bagpipes, lost as easily as the soldier’s body, bloody and bruised. See the s......

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...A fat scorpion crawls towards the snake And the shrike bird is watching from afar To pounce on both of them At an amazing speed So that both of them shall be his supper......

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...A Poem for the Grey Shrike written on Earth Day 2016 At sunrise while asleep I was called by a bird tweet Like a childhood song So sharp so sweet Awoke. Washed. Dressed . Prepared to greet ......

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...Angifi Dladla BAYEDE Bayede , Son of man, Bayede! You who outsmart the invisible God of our ancestors, You who perfect the creations of the One-Who-Cannot-Be- Imagined. Moderniz......

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...The Mast Raised on the rock of Golgotha, For all eyes to see, Sinners hung like lizards stuck on a tree. What song for its prey Will the Grey Shrike sing? Avast! It's the Lamb of God......

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...lark spreads wings at dawn sun folds reticent clouds – shrike strikes in pursuit foxglove spreads soft seeds hedge shelters nature’s will – dusk bears fear of growth stars shine......

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...stabbed onto a thorn a shrike holds a prey in place now that's gotta hurt Birds or Bees Haiku Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin Date written and......

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...Pastoral Quilt. A pastoral quilt Of varied greens And russet tawny browns Surveyed by adoring eye On verge of a hill High above he ground The provaling wind Reddens my cheeks With a slig......

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..."Clapper Rail, Condor, Loggerhead Shrike and a lost, Whooping Crane, rarer..." "Stop!" "Did you make the chess team?" "No, because I am too short."......

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...Morountodun, this is the place you'll find me like the prey of a shrike choked through by your thorny words When the chase after Omo Ogun with your heart Failed to be anything worthy to steal th......

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...PREDATOR an empty squirrel hole a chickadee takes refuge shrike circles the tree Kim Rodrigues © 2017......

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...1/30/17 Shrike, planes, kites and satellites In flight Above pike, mice, parasites And all other types of life Atop the highest heights Down in the deepest depths out of sight Th......

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...Drink the Namibia Countryside Namibia a West African country, on the Atlantic coast Namibia’s beauty is wonderfully surreal and alluring, With endless savannah and bushland With most stunning......

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