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Bird Poems | Examples of Bird Poetry

Bird Poems - Examples of all types of bird poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for bird.
Crow Fights The Raven
Beneath the pall of an eldritch moon, ...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, bird, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Swans
I wonder how aware they are, what shadowy sense of self occupies their brain. Perhaps no more than a flicker of consciousness glows in the far reaches of an inner dark, sufficient to propel them here and there...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, mystery, self,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raven and Wren
RAVEN AND WREN As the world wakes up To the sun’s gentle rays of light Frozen memories melt and flow Penetrate but do not satiate Moments of insipid sight A scenery of incessant delight As the raven chases the wren Back to...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, fate, hurt, leaving,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bird in Space - Constantin Brancusi 1310
I am a bird in space despite not having my wings depicted I...Read the rest...
Categories: bird,
Form: Ekphrasis
A Rage at air
A rage at air Poem Lionel Derbyshire A rage at air where a fly, a sparrow and an ostrich collides airborne goes .. Why all the rage .. Fly asked the sparrow Your temper full of bad anger This long...Read the rest...
Categories: africa, anger, bird, conflict,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Great White Egret
Day after day it comes to these mud flats along with hot and hazy August mornings to feed on the returning tide’s bounty of small fish and other tiny sea life. The smell of sea-water rises above...Read the rest...
Categories: beach, bird,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The House of Seventy Gables
I live in a house of seventy gables With twenty kitchens and as many tables. It's good for both winter and summer weathers, 'Cuz, in Spring, it flies - it's made of feathers!...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, nonsense, silly, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member bitten by rooster orcid
nasty rooster orchid chased me down in the feedlot Took giant gulps out of my leg with his beak I understand his name now I yelled to the hybrid king...Read the rest...
Categories: bird,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member blue jay overhead
wings spread soaring high fluttering of blue and white confident and calm...Read the rest...
Categories: bird,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member He Has Only Just Begun
On swift wings, blessed by the light, who pours out the melody, scriptures come to life – in the song, joyful noises, crafted by hope, soothing away the dark, coloring the life in gentle truth, praises poured out, all through...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, bird, blessing, fate,
Form: Free verse
Sorrow bird
The sorrow bird Sings to no living thing But the rain. It Shakes its wet wings So one day it might fly Away to a new perch So lovely and dry ...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, bird, life, poetry,
Form: Free verse
What could've been before,
What could've been before, if you did not sleep with him in the same room. What could've been before, if you did not choose to talk at him next to the bathroom door. What could've been before,...Read the rest...
Categories: bird,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Rainy Days, and the Old Red Barn
“Allen saw it first Charlie then later Allen chased the black raven Charlie lived his dreams”. Steady rain had been falling for two straight days In dimming, muted light. Striding out from the middle of a weeded field The two men...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, bird, dream, horror,
Form: Free verse
Rumbling
A system is rumbling in the air and it is causing many people to fear, the clouds are getting dark and the birds are flying around looking for a decent place to call home, they...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, birth, birthday, business,
Form: Narrative
Nature Gives
I love nature gives I love discrete birds singing All natural food....Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, bird, food, nature,
Form: Haiku

Specific Types of Bird Poems

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