And the first spring crow called to me-"let's go"
And that was the magical word
So what could I do but yell out "yahoo"
And follow that rascally old bird
All winter long I have yearned for the song
Of the wild goose and first wily crow
And the robin sang too, so what else could I do
But joyfully jump up and go
The wild spirit in me simply won't set me free
Deep at heart I am really a kid
And besides I'd be lost, and the spiritual cost
Would be my death knell if I did
There are some understand, for they too love this land
And united we all stand together
So my spirit must fly when I hear that first cry
For you see, we're all birds of a feather!
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Reviews of "Birds Of A Feather"
Reviewed by Connie Hinnen Cook (Reader)
Reviewed on April 15, 2003
This is wonderful in rhyme, meter and content. What else could one ask for!?
Reviewed by Claywoman (Reader)
Reviewed on April 13, 2003
Isn't spring wonderful? I've been watching the birds nesting and singing their little hearts out. I am watching the trees first bud and now burst with the most beautiful green of the year! The only drawback are those pesky lawn mowers outside my window whenever the rain stops....this is so cool!
Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on April 13, 2003
47 sighs later... Jaysus, John, this was not just cool to read, for it's written with wonderful rhyme, it is that most precious treat for the head: hugely inviting! This made my day.. read my thoughts.. made me smile. god, I love this! katy.
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
Peg
The "Birds Of A Feather" - a poem to lead to the wonders of beautiful Nature on thinking to comply with its LAW.
I have enjoyed a meaningful poem.
I Salute the Author of "Birds Of A Feather".
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Beautiful!
Reindeer