* Birds! Poem by Deva De Silva

Inspired by the poem 'Birds' by Poemhunter's very own poet Barry A. Lanier!


Drizzling spring rain.
Their feathers still crispy dry,
Blue birds defy!

Warming the spring air,
Two Blue Jays in harmony.
What a lively dialogue!

A row of pines,
Soldiers, bracing cold enemy lines.
I’m alone among them.

I can sense,
Through the whispering hazy mist,
The cypress swamp.

Wild owls in spring,
Converse hidden in dense foliage.
My ears strain towards them.

Through the cypress folds,
Eager eyes feast on,
A fuming water stream.

Morning dew glistens.
A blue heron statuesque, listens,
To the stillness surrounding it.

Veiled by the corn field,
Hundreds of cows ramble on.
A cloud of clear disharmony!

Tall grasses sway,
Tickling the twitching nostrils,
As spring approaches.

Patches of mud puddles,
Splatter the narrow walking trails.
Mini frozen glaciers!

The air is spring cold.
Fluttering wings hum above, as I walk.
A calm silence within myself.