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Mocking – Bird : H W Longfellow : : Bird Poems : :

Mocking-Bird : : by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ▼ Then from a neighboring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers,Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o’er the water,Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music,That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen.Plaintive at first were the tonesContinue reading “Mocking – Bird : H W Longfellow : : Bird Poems : :”

Finch Poems : Various Poets : : Bird Poems : :

* Darwin’s Finches : : By Deborah Digges ( 1950 –2009 ) My mother always called it a nest, the multi-colored mass harvested from her six daughters’ brushes, and handed it to one of us after she had shaped it, as we sat in front of the fire drying our hair. She said some birdsContinue reading “Finch Poems : Various Poets : : Bird Poems : :”

The Robbers : Robert William Service : : Bird Poems : :

The Robbers : : by Robert William Service : : Alas! I see that thrushes three Are ravishing my old fig tree,In whose green shade I smoked my pipe And waited for the fruit to ripe;From green to purple softly swell Then drop into my lap to tellThat it is succulently sweet And excellent toContinue reading “The Robbers : Robert William Service : : Bird Poems : :”

The Green Linnet : William Wordsworth : : Bird Poems : :

The Green Linnet : : by William Wordsworth 1770 – 1850 ) ▼ Beneath these fruit-tree boughs that shedTheir snow-white blossoms on my head,With brightest sunshine round me spreadOf Spring’s unclouded weather,In this sequestered nook how sweetTo sit upon my orchard-seat!And flowers and birds once more to greet,My last year’s friends together.One have I marked,Continue reading “The Green Linnet : William Wordsworth : : Bird Poems : :”

Blackbird Poems : Various Poets : : Bird Poems : :

* A Boy ScoutsPatrol Song, 1913 : ; by Rudyard Kipling These are our regulations– There’s just one law for the Scout And the first and the last, and the present and the past, And the future and the perfect is “Look out!” I, thou and he, look out! We, ye and they, look out!Continue reading “Blackbird Poems : Various Poets : : Bird Poems : :”

The Sun Has Burst The Sky : Jenny Joseph : : Bird Poems : :

The sun has burst the sky : : By Jenny Joseph::The sun has burst the skyBecause I love youAnd the river its banks. The sea laps the great rocksBecause I love youAnd takes no heed of the moon dragging it awayAnd saying coldly ‘Constancy is not for you’. The blackbird fills the airBecause I loveContinue reading “The Sun Has Burst The Sky : Jenny Joseph : : Bird Poems : :”

Captivity : Robert William Service : : Bird Poems : :

Captivity : : by Robert William Service : ,: O meadow lark, so wild and free,It cannot be, it cannot be,That men to merchandise your spellDo close you in a wicker hell! O hedgerow thrush so mad with glee,it cannot be, it cannot be,They rape you from your hawthorn foamTo make a cell of steelContinue reading “Captivity : Robert William Service : : Bird Poems : :”

A Blackbird Singing : R S Thomas : : Bird Poems : :

A Blackbird Singing : : R S Thomas : : It seems wrong that out of this bird,Black, bold, a suggestion of dark Places about it, there yet should comeSuch rich music, as though the notes’Ore were changed to a rare metalAt one touch of that bright bill. You have heard it often, alone atContinue reading “A Blackbird Singing : R S Thomas : : Bird Poems : :”

The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me : Eavan Boland : : Bird Poems ; :

The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me It was the first gift he ever gave her,buying it for five five francs in the Galeriesin pre-war Paris. It was stifling. A starless drought made the nights stormy. They stayed in the city for the summer. The met in cafes. She was always early. He wasContinue reading “The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me : Eavan Boland : : Bird Poems ; :”

Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Blackbird : Wallace Stevens : : Bird Poems : :

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird : : By Wallace Stevens ( 1879 – ) I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. II I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds. III The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. ItContinue reading “Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Blackbird : Wallace Stevens : : Bird Poems : :”