grackle perched
on large jagged stone -
keeping watch
the grackle perched upon a jagged stone
observant of the danger from the throne
the grackle perched upon a jagged stone
observant of his cautious needs alone
the grackle perched upon a jagged...
Bird, Experimental, Nature, Poem, Poetry, Texas, Verse, english, grackle, haiku, literature, lyric
The butcher-bird is perched, like sentinel of stone -
Unmovable and steady as the mountain -
Upright upon a branch, protruding there alone,
Standing guard against the fountain
Streaming down across his lethal gaze.
The butcher-bird a flash now...
Bird, Ekphrastic, Ink, Meter, Miyamoto, Nature, Ode, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Samurai, Shrike, Sumi-E, To, Verse, art, english, literature, musashi, the
**The Revolt of 64 (EN)**
The Nobles are dancing on the table -
Jumping in and out of the action -
While the Clergy laughs
Beneath their long-range sighs,
And the Third-Estate
Is trampled underfoot.
The King in his castle,
Though relieved and...
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**Jisei-Sonnet** :
_The Heraclitan Bird Prepares For Death_
Denied by all, the black and cursèd bird
Encased within the pang of pain and grieving,
And painted with a crest that sang deceiving,
Defied the world - corrupting all they...
Acrostic, Bird, Death, Fire, Iambic, Jisei, Pentameter, Poem, Poetry, Raven, Resurrection, Rhyme, Verse, Volta, corvid, english, literature, lyric, sonnet, suffering
**The Lion & The Boar**
Two beasts arrive to drink at summer's height,
The boar and lion find a flowing stream,
But then they clash with brutal words and fight
To be the first to drink and reign supreme.
But vultures perch within a nearby...
Adaptation, Bird, Boar, Cat, Crane, Fables, Feather, Follies, Fox, Frog, Lion, Maxim, Mice, Mouse, Peacock, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Proverb, Satire, Short, Stories, Verse, Versification, aesop, animal, bell, english, furry, language, literature, moral, narrative, text, vulture
**Tanka No. 1 (Spring)**
myriad birds perching
in radiant hues celestial --
whistling in the leaves
the melancholic music
of the old depressed flautist
**Tanka No. 2 (Summer)**
burrowing hornets
emerge in heated morning --
the shedding of...
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