On The Grackle Perched

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...

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To The Shrike

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...

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Revolt of 64

**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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Heraclitan Bird-Songs

**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...

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Fables & Follies

**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...

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Civilized Nature

**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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