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Birds of a Feather
1.
There is a bird,
A maternal little bird
Who visits the
Westerly-peak of
My little green house
But once a long gray year.
There is a bird,
A motherly little bird,
Shaped like a teardrop,
Brown and gray
With a sharp black beak
Pointed
Toward the end of the day.
There is a bird,
A wise little bird
Perched silent and unmoving,
A guardian of seemingly
Unimportant things,
A guardian of the voices small.
There is a bird,
A knowing little bird,
With striped-black wings,
And an anticipating look
Above a
Lovely spotted vest,
An anomaly of things
Uncertain.
There is a bird,
An occasional little bird,
At whom I sometimes wonder,
“What
Is your purpose in this
Particular place?”
“And what is so special about
My space?”
2.
There once was a bird,
A hushed little bird,
Who was always deep,
With lovely spoken words,
Of a thoughtful and a
Soulful kind,
Full of voice,
And full of mind.
There once was a bird,
A silent little bird,
Who sang to me often and long,
Of a charming scene,
With a wonderful song.
This little bird,
This thoughtful little bird,
Prompted me once to write
Of the Visiting bird.
3.
There once was a bird,
A hushed little bird,
A black little bird,
And a silent little bird,
Whose word about the
Brown and knowing
Little bird
I
Have always kept.
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Funnnnnny that you should think of Raven while reading this... you see, it was written for/because of/to him :]
Yeah, I think I actually changed it one more time and did that, I like it better that way too, it's more graphic, I guess.
Thank you for your praise, this poem was a lot of fun to write!
Yes, it is you :) I was hoping you'd notice! :)
Yes, I have, I decided I wasn't quite outgoing enough to be the Stargirl. It's not like I'm anti-social, it's just that I'm generally not the one to make the first move towards meeting or getting to know people. I'm working on becoming less shy, though.
"Black little bird:"
(Hee Hee). That's me!
It seems you have grown shy since I've last seen you.
Kinda goes with my photo "Visiting Bird".