The Rat Of Faith : : by Philip Levine A blue jay poses on a stake meant to support an apple tree newly planted. A strong wind on this clear cold morning barely ruffles his tail feathers. When he turns his attention toward me, I face his eyes without blinking. A week ago my wifeContinue reading “The Rat Of Faith : Philip Levine : : Bird Poems : :”
Category Archives: Bird Poems
A Winter Blue Jay : Sara Teasdale : : Bird Poems : :
A Winter Blue Jay : : By Sara Teasdale ( 1884 – 1933 ) Crisply the bright snow whispered,Crunching beneath our feet;Behind us as we walked along the parkway,Our shadows danced,Fantastic shapes in vivid blue.Across the lake the skatersFlew to and fro,With sharp turns weavingA frail invisible net.In ecstasy the earthDrank the silver sunlight;In ecstasyContinue reading “A Winter Blue Jay : Sara Teasdale : : Bird Poems : :”
The Blue Jay : D H Lawrence : : Bird Poems : :
The Blue Jay : : By D H Lawrence (1885 – 1930)The blue jay with a crest on his headComes round the cabin in the snow.He runs in the snow like a bit of blue metal,Turning his back on everything. From the pine-tree that towers and hisses like a pillar of shaggy cloudImmense above theContinue reading “The Blue Jay : D H Lawrence : : Bird Poems : :”
The Blue Jay : Emily Dickinson : : Bird Poems : :
The Blue Jay : : By Emily Dickinson The Blue JayNo brigadier throughout the year 1So civic as the jay. 2A neighbor and a warrior too, 3With shrill felicity 4Pursuing winds that censure us 5A February day, 6 The brother of the universe 7Was never blown away. 8 The snow and he are intimate; 9IContinue reading “The Blue Jay : Emily Dickinson : : Bird Poems : :”
Mocking Bird Poems : Various Poets : : Bird Poems : :
* To a Mocking-Bird : : by Henry Jerome StockardThe name thou wearest does thee grievous wrong;No mimic thou: that voice is thine alone.The poets sing but strains of Shakespeare’s song;The birds, but notes of thine imperial own. * * The Mocking-Bird : : by Paul Hamilton Hayne ▼ A golden pallor of voluptuous lightFilledContinue reading “Mocking Bird Poems : Various Poets : : Bird Poems : :”
The Mocking-Bird and The Donkey : : Bird Poems : :
The Mocking-Bird and the Donkey : : by William Cullen Bryant. From the Spanish of the Mexican poet José Rosas. ▼ A mock-bird in a villageHad somehow gained the skillTo imitate the voicesOf animals at will.And singing in his prison,Once, at the close of day,He gave, with great precision,The donkey’s heavy bray.Well pleased, the mock-bird’sContinue reading “The Mocking-Bird and The Donkey : : Bird Poems : :”
The First Mockingbird in Spring : Paul Hamilton Hayne : : Bird Poems : :
The First Mockingbird in Spring : : by Paul Hamilton Hayne ► Winged poet of vernal ethers!Ah! where hast thou lingered long?I have missed thy passionate, skyward flightsAnd the trills of thy changeful song.Hast thou been in the hearts of woodlands old,Half dreaming, and, drowsed by the winter’s cold,Just crooning the ghost of thy springtideContinue reading “The First Mockingbird in Spring : Paul Hamilton Hayne : : Bird Poems : :”
The Mocking Bird : Edwin B McElfatrick : : Bird Poems : :
The Mockingbird : : by Edwin B. McElfatrick ▼ You hear him in the springtime When radiant sunlight fills The verdant, sweeping valleysAnd the hollows of the hills;On moonlight nights in summerFrom the summit of a tree,He is weaving strains entrancingIn flights of ecstasy.In autumn’s richest splendorWhen the woodland seems afireI have heard him chantingContinue reading “The Mocking Bird : Edwin B McElfatrick : : Bird Poems : :”
To The Mocking Bird : Wilson Flagg : : Bird Poems : :
To The Mocking Bird : : by Wilson Flagg ( 1805 – 1884 ) ▼ Carolling bird that merrily night and dayTellest thy raptures from the rustling sprayAnd wakest the morning with thy varied laySinging thy matinsWhen we have come to hear thy sweet oblationOf love and joyance from thy sylvan station 6 Why inContinue reading “To The Mocking Bird : Wilson Flagg : : Bird Poems : :”
The Mocking Bird : Sydney Lanier : : Bird Poems : :
THE MOCKING BIRD : : By Sydney Lanier ( 1842 – 1881 ) Superb and sole, upon a pluméd sprayThat o’er the general leafage boldly grew,He summ’d the woods with song; or typic drewThe swoop of hungry hawks, the lone dismayOf languid doves when long their lovers stray,And all birds’ passion-plays that sprinkle dewAt mornContinue reading “The Mocking Bird : Sydney Lanier : : Bird Poems : :”
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