Best Egret Poems

I watched an egret on a pond take flight
and hid as best I could against a tree,
not moving, breathless staying out of sight.

Remembering, I close...

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Flowers have that novel effect on schism,
where the uniqueness of its design forms
compare that White Egret Orchid performs
like its namesake, chicken or the egg, ism
being...

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Knee-deep in flowing, verdant grass 
near the creek beside 
the hill,

a black carabao feeds on freedom, 
leisurely roams 
at will.

On its massive back, a delicate,...

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early morning walk
     breathing in salty sea air --
           an egret...

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Elegant bird of lakes
Enchanting in white plumes;
Egret twirls graceful neck
Exotic its coiled form…
Each winged movement, a glide
Endowed by nature’s art
Embodying beauty!


9/19/2016
For Kim Merryman: Pleiades E...

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white egret feeds on
sumptuous fare in mowed field....
collasped farm buildings  ...

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white egret flying
disappears in morning mist
ghost of moon lingers


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along the shoreline
a snowy egret hunting ~
         sharp beak and big feet

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April 10, 2022


Poetry/Haiku/snowy egret
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In a river marsh, where pondweeds and cattails grew in warm clime,
the fair girl found a tall, black egret  
with whom she could have...

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the setting sun
silhouettes
a great white egret
in sky of marigold
so vividly;
a portrait of grace in flight!
it's long neck, arched;
outstretched wings
rhythmically flapping,
flying off
to an untold destination.
look at...

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. . . gray mist whiffs low

                 egret, buffalo's...

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I re: egret forsaking gull friend where, heron eye twitter

Fictional account related
courtesy one pink flamingo.

Aves lusting for verboten tweet 
reed lubricious sin after giving
Twiggy another...

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 The great white egret
       Silhouettes against the sky
It's massive wingspan, outstretched

       ...

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The sole Egret
White against the dark marshes 
On the way to school
Wet in the drizzle
Yet present each morning

It had missed the migration 
So each day...

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Then one day
in balmy Florida morning
on the way to school

We saw it
the sole egret in the marshes
feeding on an early worm

Yeah ... we screamed
my daughter...

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