PIGEONS : : By Philip Larkin ( 1922 – 1985 ) On shallow slates the pigeons shift together,Backing against a thin rain from the westBlown across each sunk head and settled feather.Huddling round the warm stack suits them best,Till winter daylight weakens, and they growHardly defined against the brickwork. Soon,Light from a small intense lopsidedContinue reading “Pigeons : Philip Larkin : : Bird Poems : :”
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Pigeons : James Henry : : Bird Poems : :
Pigeons : : By James Henry ( 1798 – 1876 ) : : : : By what mistake were pigeons made so happy,So plump and fat and sleek and well content,So little with the affairs of others meddling,So little meddled with? say, a collared dog,And hard worked ox, and horse still harder worked,And caged canary,Continue reading “Pigeons : James Henry : : Bird Poems : :”
MADHU MALTI 