“It’s a very beautiful bird. It can never be ugly!
It’s the most beautiful bird in the world!”
- Quote by Purnima Devi Barman,
Wildlife biologist who saved
Greater Adjutant stork species
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Greater Adjutant stork
Uncomely looks
Despised by all
For being ugly
No other fault
No graceful gait
No melody
Awkward height
Impolite eater
Unsettled gaze
A woman fell in love
Raised an all woman
Hargila army to save
To educate, made those
Who despised love the bird
Rescued,
Rehabilitated
Cared,
Now the storks
Live in peace
Love can change
Love can conquer
Love is best when
Under pressure, so
Says the saved storks
An endangered bird
Brought back to live
Just because one
Woman saw beauty
In this incongruous bird
Categories:
stork, bird,
Form: Free verse
there was a young man named York
who lived with his ma’ in Cork
he asked her one day
what happened to me da’
why you young fool were delivered by the stork
Categories:
stork, humor,
Form: Limerick
The wounded, intrepid stork
remains defiant,
withstanding the ceaseless
rage.
An unwavering,
relentless bliss adorns it.
It enfolds a blooming dawn
in its fascinating heart.
A lighted candle resides in its
fiery, boundless soul.
Unraveling the tapestry of
divine beauty is like
an undying rejoicing.
The unruffled, phosphorescent
sea is asphyxiated
by deathless fetters.
They systematically decimate the unfailing,
unrequited dove.
Their unquestioned, unsullied
commitment is to hug it.
The prevailing, widespread
dark like a bloodthirsty
hawk will be obliterated by
the joyous sun of chrysanthemum.
The unbridled, unbowed
spring like a sunny dream
is bedecked with unfearing jewelry.
The enduring, unsurpassed
Sunrise will prevail worldwide.
Its golden light never wanes...
Categories:
stork, adventure, angel,
Form: Free verse
Stork felt grumpy now that rules had changed completely
My job used to be easy, I did it on time, and it was sweetly
But these days I am bogged down with extra things to drop
My knees are feeling bad, and it takes me twice as long to stop.
Maybe it is because you are older, a young stork had nerve to say.
This did not make him want to be in conversation with him the next day.
In the sixties, dropping babies at doorsteps had been so much fun
When he was agile, not fragile, on time and young.
Categories:
stork, age,
Form: Rhyme
Dusky, azure sky looks down
The ochre earth awaits you
Near and dear have a deep frown
On the deathbed, you know too
Time is coming pay no heed
To the wonders of this world
You need many a good deed
Before Heaven is unfurled
Dig in your sinful pocket
Sieve through the evil amassed
May you find the right ticket
'Fore, in the grave, you are cast
Old fond memories return
unwanted memories too
Spiteful foes in your sojourn
Enjoy your demise and boo
Nothing shall count 'cept your deeds
Neither wealth shall help nor fame
righteous actions are your seeds
To grow, protect from Hell's flame.
mbfarookh
Categories:
stork, allusion, death of a
Form: Rhyme
Senile Stork is out of control again
He brought a full sized eight-year-old to the newcomers
They were irritated to the max
Why don’t they retire that old bird?
It is not easy getting rid of these old-timers
Especially when they are not willing to go
He bit the hand off the last person who tried to boss him
“We can get used to her!” the new daddy said after hearing this.
“She is darling!” said his wife.
Categories:
stork, animal,
Form: Free verse
tempestuous light
everlasting affection
a vital lifeblood...
Categories:
stork, blessing, care,
Form: Haiku
Another medal of honor! What did I do? Asked the stork.
You are a beacon of hope, you bring the light.
We wait for you, wondering, and you deliver.
I only do my job as God intended, said the stork.
It is more than enough, the new parents said.
Pinning another medal of honor onto his chest.
Categories:
stork, baby,
Form: Free verse
Badger Daddy Dork got the bill from the stork.
His temper hit the top of his head with a pow.
Badger Mommy unwrapped the baby and said wow!
Pay the stork whatever he wants, she said to Dork.
You are so easy! Dork said to his smitten wife.
It is a girl this time, she said, what a great life.
The baby looked at Dork and said “hi daddy!”
He said “She is as cute as any badger could be!
Categories:
stork, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I was standing next to an African swamp the other day
When the wing span of a dynamo spread a shadow my way
It covered my body length, and I was lying down flat.
I said to my husband “What do you think of that?”
“It’s a shoebill stork,” he informed me with a hush.
Don’t excite him, because he will come out of the brush.
The shoebill was at least five foot tall, standing on his feet.
Which intimidated me, as I know shoe bills love to eat.
What do they consume? I asked my husband, worried.
He whispered “lungfish,” and his voice sounded hurried.
The blue gray shoebill began to stare me down right away.
I thought we were both goners on that horrible day!
Categories:
stork, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Quatrain
When Eve was searching for a rib
The Devil led her to a crib
Where Cain and Able
Hatched a stork fable
Creating the very first fib
Categories:
stork, bible,
Form: Limerick
half in, half out ,frog held between her beak,
wily old stork ate frogs like they were steak!
he fought back hard, slimy fellow,
he changed colour green to yellow,
She spat him out, yuk! yuk!! said “what a cheek!!”
written 08/05/2021
Quitters never win
Margarita Lillico sponsored
limerick 10,10,8,8,10
rhyme 1,2,5 lines based on picture provided
Categories:
stork, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Limerick
The stork has past us by, time and time again we have cried. A baby girl we want and need, oh please give us a princess little Sarah Lee.
A call we received a baby girl is born, can this be our princess little Sarah Lee? Rush to the hospital we will go, looking hall after hall were can she be?
We found our princess little Sarah Lee, wrapped in a pink blanket was she. She looks so regal laying asleep, we must buy her a crown to make her complete.
Date Written: 4/12/2020
Sarah Poetry Contest=Poetry Contest Deadline: Sunday, May 17, 2020 Sponsored by: Julia Ward
Categories:
stork, baby, cry, girl, love,
Form: Free verse
Still, Motionless, watch.................
Red beak darts in and darts out
Holding silver trout!!!
Categories:
stork, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Haiku
Saw A Stark Stork Statue In New York
Remember when we were in New York,
Did see some statue carved out of cork;
Had big doubt;
Wondered about;
Guess what to our surprise was a stork.
Jim Horn
Categories:
stork, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
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