Jayaraj Vyas

The Yellowhammer’s Nest : John Clare : : Bird Poems : :

The Yellowhammer’s Nest : : By John Clare: Just by the wooden brig a bird flew up,Frit by the cowboy as he scrambled downTo reach the misty dewberry—let us stoopAnd seek its nest—the brook we need not dread,‘Tis scarcely deep enough a bee to drown,So it sings harmless o’er its pebbly bed—Ay here it is,Continue reading “The Yellowhammer’s Nest : John Clare : : Bird Poems : :”

Crow Blacker Than Ever : Ted Hughes : : Bird Poems : :

Crow Blacker Than Ever : : By Ted Hughes : : When God, disgusted with man,Turned towards heaven,And man, disgusted with God,Turned towards Eve,Things looked like falling apart. But Crow CrowCrow nailed them together,Nailing heaven and earth together- So man cried, but with God’s voice.And God bled, but with man’s blood. Then heaven and earthContinue reading “Crow Blacker Than Ever : Ted Hughes : : Bird Poems : :”

King of Carrion : Ted Hughes : : Bird Poems : :

King Of Carrion : : By Ted Hughes , London : : His palace is of skulls. His crown is the last splintersOf the vessel of life. His throne is the scaffold of bones, the hanged thing’sRack and final stretcher. His robe is the black of the last blood. His kingdom is empty- The emptyContinue reading “King of Carrion : Ted Hughes : : Bird Poems : :”

Skylarks : Ted Hughes : : Bird Poems : :

Skylarks : : By Ted Hughes ( 17 August, 1930 – 28 October, 1998 ) , London , England : : : : : IThe lark begins to go upLike a warningAs if the globe were uneasy –Barrel-chested for heightsLike an Indian of the high Andes,A whippet head, barbed like a hunting arrow,But leadenWith muscleForContinue reading “Skylarks : Ted Hughes : : Bird Poems : :”

Shelley’s Skylark : Thomas Hardy : : Bird Poems : :

Shelley’s Skylark : : By Thomas Hardy ( 1840 – 1928 ) : : : : ………………………………………………: : Somewhere afield here something liesIn Earth’s oblivious eyeless trustThat moved a poet to prophecies –A pinch of unseen, unguarded dust The dust of the lark that Shelley heard,And made immortal through times to be; –Though it onlyContinue reading “Shelley’s Skylark : Thomas Hardy : : Bird Poems : :”

To The Skylark : William Wordsworth : ( 1 ) : : Skylark’s Singing & Chirping Video In Spring : Wildlife World : ( 2 ) : : Bird Poems : :

https://youtu.be/ssEZWMsQg_8?si=vUXMKJiPc-yt0bEN To the Skylark : : By William Wordsworth Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky!Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound?Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eyeBoth with thy nest upon the dewy ground?Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will,Those quivering wings composed, that music still! Leave to the nightingaleContinue reading “To The Skylark : William Wordsworth : ( 1 ) : : Skylark’s Singing & Chirping Video In Spring : Wildlife World : ( 2 ) : : Bird Poems : :”

Ode to a Nightingale : John Keats : : Bird Poems : :

Ode to a Nightingale : : By John Keats ( 1795 – 1821 ) My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:‘Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being tooContinue reading “Ode to a Nightingale : John Keats : : Bird Poems : :”

To a Skylark : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Bird Poems : :

To a SkylarkBY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYHail to thee, blithe Spirit!Bird thou never wert,That from Heaven, or near it,Pourest thy full heartIn profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higherFrom the earth thou springestLike a cloud of fire;The blue deep thou wingest,And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightningOf theContinue reading “To a Skylark : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Bird Poems : :”

The Phoenix and the Turtle : William Shakespeare : : Bird Poems : :

The Phoenix and the Turtle : : By William Shakespeare ( 1564 – 1616 ) Let the bird of loudest layOn the sole Arabian treeHerald sad and trumpet be,To whose sound chaste wings obey. But thou shrieking harbinger,Foul precurrer of the fiend,Augur of the fever’s end,To this troop come thou not near. From this sessionContinue reading “The Phoenix and the Turtle : William Shakespeare : : Bird Poems : :”

Moon Poems : Various Poets : Moon Poems : :

# * : : The New Moon” by Langston HughesThere’s a new, young moon riding the hills tonight;There’s a sprightly, young moon exploring the clouds;There’s a half-shy, young moon veiling her face like a virgin,Waiting for her lover. # ** : : Evening Star” by Edgar Allan Poe‘Twas noontide of summer,And mid-time of night;And stars,Continue reading “Moon Poems : Various Poets : Moon Poems : :”