Poems About Birds
17 entries in the Poems About Birds compendium.
The Bird with the Coppery, Keen ClawsAn enigmatic poem from Stevens's first collection.Birds and FishesA late Jeffers poem on nature's harsh beauty.Buke of the HowlatA Scots comic allegory of an owl's pride and fall.Catullus 2A Roman poem about a girl and her pet sparrow.Catullus 3A lament for a sparrow that became a classic of Latin poetry.The Conference of the BirdsA Persian Sufi poem about birds seeking their sovereign.The Eagle (poem)A short poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about an eagle.The Lark AscendingA 122-line poem on the skylark's song by George Meredith.The Magpie's AdviceA lovesick poet is rebuked by a magpie in the woods.Parlement of FoulesA dream-vision poem where birds choose mates on Valentine's Day.The RavenA narrative poem about a raven's haunting repetition of "nevermore."The Seagull (poem)A 14th-century Welsh love poem addressing a seagull as messenger.To a SkylarkShelley's ode to a skylark's pure, unpremeditated song.Sylvias hälsning från SicilienA Finnish Christmas carol about a migratory bird's longing.Thirteen Ways of Looking at a BlackbirdA modernist poem of thirteen perspectives on a blackbird.The Vows of the HeronA satirical Flemish poem on the Hundred Years' War's origins.The Woodland MassA woodland Mass blending sacred and profane love.
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