Birdhouse | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Birdhouse

Birdhouse

May 4, 2015
By HayatC. PLATINUM, Louisville, Kentucky
More by this author
HayatC. PLATINUM, Louisville, Kentucky
25 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

View profile

My heart is a birdhouse

Home to the most cheery chickadee

Chirping away in the most euphonious symphony,

But falling silent when it finds no song to sing in me.

 

"On such days, I’m afraid I’m no place for thee;

And it would be

Much more befitting if thee would evolve

Into a melancholy mourning dove."

© Maria J., Phoenix, AZ

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Friendships
By Anonymous
Poetry
Something
By Anonymous
Poetry
A WITHERED ROSE
By Anonymous
Poetry
Fleeting Moment
By Anonymous
Poetry
Same
By Anonymous
Poetry
Life.
By Anonymous

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 2 comments.

Promethean SILVER said...
on Jun. 22 2015 at 1:28 pm
Promethean SILVER, Kanpur, Other
8 articles 0 photos 85 comments

Favorite Quote:
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind....

View profile
This one is a good example of metaphor and better than the previous one and the suggestion over this poem is that "don't use old words when they fail to give preciousness to the poem". You can see the same suggestions in review panel of my poem "smidgen smile "
Hanban12 ELITE said...
on Jun. 21 2015 at 9:34 pm
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

View profile
I love the entire metaphor of this poem, how the various birds that enter the heart represent different emotions and sentiments, and how our heart is merely a place that holds them. Great job with this, it's definitely a poem that makes you think. Keep up the good work :)