Strictly For the Birds

Strictly For the Birds

A Poem by JohnL
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Poetpiers Retourne Contest

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It is a fact I can't deny

that it would be so good to fly

on bended wing, with bird-like skill,

my curiosity to fill.

 

That it would be so good to fly

means life could never pass me by;

I'd see the world revealed below

with nowhere that I could not go

 

On bended wing with birdlike skill

hill and river I'd fly until

each day the sun its course had run;

Oh what a life!  What splendid fun.

 

My curiosity to fill,

an olive branch held in my bill,

I'd try to find why wars don't cease

and why it is men fight - - - for PEACE!

© 2008 JohnL


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WONDERFUL , WONDERFUL .... if I could stand now and Bravo you , I would do it!.... you are the second one that made me smile today , that was so lovely .... I want to learn to fly, do you have the license :-) ... thank you so much, that will go to my favorites, I will read it when I will be down lol .... Shalom (Peace) Yossi..

My first poem BTW is named FLY... one of my favorites

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.




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Congrats on your win. This was beautifully done. Loved the ending

My curiosity to fill,

an olive branch held in my bill,

I'd try to find why wars don't cease

and why it is men fight - - - for PEACE!


I have always wondered how war ever brought peace


Author: Nancy Lee Shrader

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Both content and form are grand. Your ending packs a big punch of truth, too. Nice job! Sharon

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

How sad then that I cut the birds head off. He won't fly anywhere!

Posted 15 Years Ago


beuatufully expressed in perfect form Excellent ivor

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

awesome. a war for peace is like an orgy for virginity, it even sounds stupid. lol great work here.

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

WONDERFUL , WONDERFUL .... if I could stand now and Bravo you , I would do it!.... you are the second one that made me smile today , that was so lovely .... I want to learn to fly, do you have the license :-) ... thank you so much, that will go to my favorites, I will read it when I will be down lol .... Shalom (Peace) Yossi..

My first poem BTW is named FLY... one of my favorites

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.


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JohnL
JohnL

Wirral Peninsula, United Kingdom



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I live in England, and love the English countryside, the music of Elgar and Holst which describes it so beautifully and the poetry of John Clare, the 'peasant poet' and Gerard Manley Hopkins, which d.. more..

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