Pond
...Playground for the waterfowl,
Other creatures swim there too, like the fish and frog.
Not a place for humans to swim, because it's gross!
Delightful to watch nature's d...
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Categories:
waterfowl, animal, water,
Form: Acrostic
the secret penguin prayer
...he grew up like anyone else
he was just the same
except
he was blest
to know the name
of the black and white seabird
with the blubber layer
and when that bird went down
he said a prayer
...
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Categories:
waterfowl, bird, hero, mystery, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Book 2 - The Secret Penguin Prayer
...He grew up like anyone else. He was just the same -
except, he was blest to know the name
of the black and white seabird with the blubber layer,
and when that bird went down, he said a prayer...
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Categories:
waterfowl, bird, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Fall
...Cooler breezes give us relief from the stifling heat,
A signal autumn is coming, and summer is in full retreat.
Leaves on the trees turn yellow, orange, red and brown,
As the days grow shorter, ...
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Categories:
waterfowl, earth, environment, imagery, nature,
Form: Rhyme
New Zealand Pastoral
...In the tea trees to the whistling song thrush
I alone hear the first September dawn,
and outside beyond ryegrass, fern and rush
glisten woolly coats of sheep early shorn.
Smell the petr...
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Categories:
waterfowl, change, seasons,
Form: Sonnet
SWAN
...Slowly floating down the
stream, the waterfowl glides
seamlessly along the
surface of the lake, its
soft, silky plumage, and
slender form, gracefully
sailing into the sun.
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Categories:
waterfowl, bird, nature, october,
Form: Pleiades
A Psalm To Solemnize Pure Tin Forefathers Mothers
...A psalm to solemnize pure tin forefathers/mothers...
Who didst unknowingly, unquestionably,
and unwittingly script vitality
and the prologue to Thanksgiving,
(which theme poem initially writte...
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Categories:
waterfowl, adventure, africa, age, america,
Form: Rhyme
Birdwoman Wears Her Birds With Pride
...Birdwoman wore eagle, robin, osprey and owl.
In her hair, with a certain flair
Hummingbirds, swifts and waterfowl
Making their nest in her lovely hair
Birdwoman sported pelicans, penguins and e...
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Categories:
waterfowl, animal,
Form: Free verse
Haiku 32021
...lake, black waterfowl -
on bare tree; wings akimbo -
comorant
NOTE: I did get a video on my not-so-good cellphone
(c)Deo, Nov.13, 2021...
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Categories:
waterfowl, animal, appreciation, beauty, bird,
Form: Haiku
The Alluring River
...The river looks calm and inviting,
a natural gift of beauty.
Waterfowl inhabit to feed and nest.
A gateway shared by creatures,
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Categories:
waterfowl, appreciation, bird, nature, river,
Form: Rhyme
Waterfowl Assembly
...waterfowl party
ducks quacking to swimming acts~
a webbed conference...
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Categories:
waterfowl, animal, humorous,
Form: Haiku
Snow and Paintings
...Snow and Paintings
The snow began to fall
late yesterday afternoon
first the big flakes
dropping leisurely and
building up on
the grass but melting
as they hit warm streets
...
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Categories:
waterfowl, ocean, water,
Form: Prose Poetry
Ad Hoc
...So, I still
have miles to go
and poems to save,
and time to rant and rave
and snort and shout
and let it all hang out.
I’ll fuss and fume and
act the part expected, ad hoc.
I'll smooth the ra...
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Categories:
waterfowl, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
The River
...It doesn't matter that your waters are not clearly blue.
And that I cannot see what treasures on the bottom lie.
Nor do I care that your shores are not pristine,
But are marked with litter and r...
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Categories:
waterfowl, appreciation, earth, river,
Form: Free verse
Whispers of the Night
...Be calm, exhale and listen to the whispers of the night,
Softly speaking tonight,
Is it your lover calling?
Or a shooting star falling,
The kiss of a wave against the shore,
Or the quiet closing...
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Categories:
waterfowl, animal, earth,
Form: Rhyme
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