Mockingbird

sorenbarrett

I've listened to larks and warblers

Each with its own song

envied the plumage of peacocks and tanagers

with colors so vibrant and strong

 

Crows as thieves, nature did ordain

to take anything shiny or about strewn

But the mockingbird with feathers so plain

steals no grain, only a tune

 

So out of this mirror of sound

from poets I covet, I steal a word

Then with this, purloined bound

I am a mockingbird

  • Author: sorenbarrett (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 23rd, 2023 04:30
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • User favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek.
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Comments7

  • Teddy.15

    The crows , would be magpies here they are the ones who apparently steal lol such a gorgeous poem, steal away my friend mockingbirds are most entertaining. 💜

    • sorenbarrett

      Thank you Teddy for the review and kind comment.

    • orchidee

      Good write SB.

      • sorenbarrett

        Thanks Orchi appreciate it

      • Doggerel Dave

        Liked the tenor of your argument, Soren.
        Birds, like humans are a pretty diverse lot. For me a tuneful antipodean might include an Australian magpie or a lyrebird. Delinquents dressed in feathers? We have a few.......

        • sorenbarrett

          Thanks Dave appreciate the review and comment. I knew a couple of birds that thought they were human, all they wanted was money.

          • Doggerel Dave

            Lol Disillusionment does tend to puncture one's life occasionally........

          • Goldfinch60

            Birds can give us so many different thoughts in our lives with the differences they have soren.

            Andy

            • sorenbarrett

              Thanks Andy I appreciate the review

            • L. B. Mek

              Brilliant!

              'So out of this mirror of sound
              from poets I covet, I steal a word'

              I so relate!

              • sorenbarrett

                Thank you L.B. it occurs to me, like Ezekiel, that there is nothing new under the sun and that we are all ripples or echoes in this world but then that's not so bad either. Thanks so much L.B.

                • L. B. Mek

                  No dear friend that's not too bad at all
                  champions of Poesy's legacy
                  is an honourable use of a life

                • Pop64

                  Then so be it, be a mockingbird and fill our ears with song and eyes with words. Beautiful!

                  • sorenbarrett

                    Thanks so much for the encouragement

                  • Thomas W Case

                    Excellent. I enjoyed this much.

                    • sorenbarrett

                      Thank you so much for the read I am glad you enjoyed it.



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