The food goes out to feed the birds
And down they come to eat their fill
Squawking and fighting as they will
Until the seed does fill their bill
We don’t mind who comes in to eat
As they all have this hungry need
So to our garden they come to feed
And spread and demolish all the seed
But recently things have changed
As to our garden have flown white doves
A bird that many people come to love
For the sign of peace it so does prove
But why are they coming to eat with us
When they should feed at their dovecote home
Although they fly and are free to roam
They should stay away from our wild bird dome
We chase them off when they come down
But off they fly into the air
And fly around ‘til we’re not there
And then come back without a care
To make things worse last night a Church
As the Service was in full swing
Preacher gave us all something
And one was a card with a dove on wing.
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Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: These so called doves of piece attack the other birds in our garden!
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Doves are greedy beggars and can be bullies too.... we have a dovecote but no longer any doves.. they just took off one day without so much as a bye or leave....... nicely poemed my friend..... Neville
I do wish the doves ion the Dovecote up the road would disappear.
am sure you do
A good write Gold. The pecking order of doves?
Thanks Orchi, I'll give them pecking order!
Yes doves can be greedy and keep small birds away - -- I found buying seed with no large corn pieces included did the trick - -now no more biggies to bother the tinies.
If I did that the wood pigeons and collared turtle doves might not come. Also the goldfinches like sunflower hearts - unfortunately so the do white doves, they sit beneath the feeders and waith for the goldfinches to drop some.
THANKS FOR SHARING UNCLE ANDY : Love the Girl from Impanema : great Jazz with a Latin Beat : remind ME of ME ! They think Im more MAORI than KIWI in NZ (no tats YET !) For BRIAN & I DOVES wil always be a UNIVERSAL symbol of PEACE & LOVE which is why we chose them for our LOGO ! MAMA says they always come into her Garden to relieve stress !
Blessings & Love to YOU & JOYCE
Love & Peace : ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
They may well be known as doves of peace but they are bullies in our garden.
The Girl form Ipanema is a classic song of the latin jazz style.
Thou their manners don't fit the bill
For they bully tinier ones at will
Snatching from others, fill their bill
Filling up, leaving without a note(will)
So true Suresh, thank you.
We are currently infested with jackdaws - not quite so bad but playing havoc with the moss on the roof (like in your earlier poem).
We have one that visits us fairly regularly. The wonder of jackdaws though is their colour that metallic sheen that have so so beautiful.
Very nicely penned!
Thank You Jon, much appreciated.
My pleasure!
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