Whistlers Daughter
...I can't, whistle I, wish I could.
When I hear folk whistle, it sounds good
I'm like a kettle without a spout,
I purse my lips but, no sound comes out.
Blow girl, blow, the sound will come,
Whist...
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Categories:
whistlers, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Songstress
...songstress
songstress nightingale
sweet whistlers, male or female.
allures fairy tale.
08/13/21
'songbird haiku
Contest b...
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Categories:
whistlers, 7th grade, appreciation, bird,
Form: Haiku
A Blend of Song and Joy
...Birds like to perch upon a limb to sing
but today the gathering is silent and sad
Unknown to them my breath drew last
my morning whistle call was not heard
One bird summoned the others to comf...
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Categories:
whistlers, tribute,
Form: Free verse
And the Birds Will Sing
...My bird will perch upon a limb and watch
Bewildered as to what it sees below,
Unbeknown to him his whistler’s breath drew last
before he could heard his morning whistle call.
He summoned the ot...
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Categories:
whistlers, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Erectile Dysfunction
...On a dark Friday night, creature crawling
The darkness silenced, frogs in swamps shuts
Croaking and the hissing create muted at once
To perceive the whistlers whistling in turns
PaMushika-shik...
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Categories:
whistlers, allegory,
Form: Quatrain
Whistlers Last Day
...He whistled away
For most of the day
We sat in the mud, bored
half to death.
Smoking and joking,
Coughing and choking,
We'd get over this bloody war yet.
Then in dark
As if for a lark
Frit...
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Categories:
whistlers, death, war,
Form: Free verse
Whistlers Mother
...She thought she had nothing to gain
and posing for it would be a pain
but son insisted
against her wishes
her portrait gaining a lot of fame
Women would look at it and bristle
holding tight o...
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Categories:
whistlers, art, humor,
Form: Limerick
Birding By Ear
...The poem requires a mind
that finds meaning, even divination,
in language. Non-fiction,
up to academic standards, demands
evidence. Nothing less will do.
Most of us read fiction and this
need...
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Categories:
whistlers, bird, dog, history, language,
Form: Verse
Teenage Whistlers and Baby Strollers
...The lifeguard is whistling again-
Pretending not to hear i dive in headlong
He approaches me from the shore's end
Stating words that rhyme like seagulls in my head
Walking further through the crowdy...
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Categories:
whistlers, adventure, funny, people, me,
Form: Free verse
Blossom {haiku / Tanka / Haiku }
...< red ~ gold ~ brown ~ and .... green
rustic ~ over - tures .... whistlers
harv...
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Categories:
whistlers, adventure, education, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Haiku