The Blue Jay – MADHU MALTI

The Blue Jay : Hamlin Garland : : Bird Poems : :

The Blue Jay : : By Hamlin Garland ▼ His eye is bright as burnished steel,His note a quick defiant cry;Harsh as a hinge his grating squealSounds from the keen wind sweeping by.Rain never dims his smooth blue coat,The winter never troubles him.No fog puts hoarseness in his throatOr makes his merry eyes grow dim.HisContinue reading “The Blue Jay : Hamlin Garland : : 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 : :”