Birds In Alarm Poem by John Clare

Birds In Alarm

Rating: 2.8


The firetail tells the boys when nests are nigh
And tweets and flies from every passer-bye.
The yellowhammer never makes a noise
But flies in silence from the noisy boys;
The boys will come and take them every day,
And still she lays as none were ta'en away.

The nightingale keeps tweeting-churring round
But leaves in silence when the nest is found.
The pewit hollos 'chewrit' as she flies
And flops about the shepherd where he lies;
But when her nest is found she stops her song
And cocks [her] coppled crown and runs along.
Wrens cock their tails and chitter loud and play,
And robins hollo 'tut' and fly away.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
doug scotney 30 July 2019

Those birds something lack. Give me ones that mount an attack

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Adeeb Alfateh 30 July 2019

[her] coppled crown and runs along. Wrens their tails and chitter loud and play, And robins hollo 'tut' and fly away. fantastic poem great great 10++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Ratnakar Mandlik 30 July 2019

An out standing poem about behavioral patterns of different birds based on minute observations woven into an amazing poem. Well deserved classic poem of the day.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 11 May 2017

And robins hollo 'tut' and fly away. Amazing observations about birds. Thanks for sharing.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 30 July 2019

A fantastic poem by John Clare......

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Edward Kofi Louis 30 July 2019

The nightingale! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Ruta Mohapatra 30 July 2019

Poor, poor birds! Thanks for sharing!

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Kumarmani Mahakul 30 July 2019

This is a beautiful poem on birds and their behaviour having a broad outlook. Nice penmanship.

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Irfanulla Shariff 30 July 2019

What a lovely poem by John Clare about behavior patterns of birds.

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Aniruddha Pathak 30 July 2019

A poem beautifully penned on birds and their behaviour in alarm based on keen observation. Lovely..

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