For the birds...

[smileyfish]

For the birds…

I.
Butcher bird, ruffled and fluffed,
Patrolling piebald plumage
Puffed with beaked determination,
Perched, perchance, before me.

Keenly watch with dewy dark eye,
Head inclined; steady gaze betrays
Staged nonchalance, and your
Dismayed discovery of mine.

Black bibbed marauder brightly
Begging, what worth the bother
With grubs: be grateful and charm
With chirrups and glistened gaze.

II.
Bold as you please, the maggie hops
Upon my working table, stops
To peck at scattered crumbs, then goes
A-clacking on his scaly toes
Across my papers strewn about,
Unconcerned with human clout;

Strides as though he owns the place,
Eyebrows etched on blackened face;
Stops and turns to ponder me,
Bright-eyed with curiosity,
Warbles his melodic song,
Leaves a gift, then he’s gone.

 

[Raz]

The second one was my favourite, maybe because I'm more familiar with magpies. I love reading the personality that people see in animals, I think it says a lot about the wrter that you can see it so clearly.

 

[cherub]

hehe okay i enjoyed reading this,,,,,, magpies i have to say drive me nuts where i live,,,,,, though i had never seen them before moving here.

odd creatures in my book but loved reading this