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
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Categories:
betrayal, bird, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
bird, mystery, self,
Form: Free verse
Raven and WrenRAVEN 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...
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Categories:
bird, fate, hurt, leaving,
Form: Free verse
Bird in Space - Constantin Brancusi 1310
Categories:
bird,
Form: Ekphrasis
A Rage at airA 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...
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Categories:
africa, anger, bird, conflict,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
beach, bird,
Form: Light Verse
The House of Seventy GablesI 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!...
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Categories:
bird, nonsense, silly, spring,
Form: Rhyme
bitten by rooster orcidnasty 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...
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Categories:
bird,
Form: Free verse
blue jay overheadwings spread soaring high
fluttering of blue and white
confident and calm...
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Categories:
bird,
Form: Haiku
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...
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Categories:
appreciation, bird, blessing, fate,
Form: Free verse
Sorrow birdThe 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
...
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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,...
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Categories:
bird,
Form: ABC
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...
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Categories:
adventure, bird, dream, horror,
Form: Free verse
RumblingA 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...
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Categories:
bird, birth, birthday, business,
Form: Narrative
Nature GivesI love nature gives
I love discrete birds singing
All natural food....
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Categories:
appreciation, bird, food, nature,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Bird Poems
Definition | What is Bird in Poetry?