My Bird

Nicolaas Goosen 2005 (Cape Town, South Africa)



Kind as a swan
With chicks ‘neath her wing
Beautiful as a dove
With her glow compelling
Funny as a chick
First beginning to sing

That’s my bird
My bird, she is!

She fills my heart
With endless joy
Like a newly wrapped gift
To a playful boy
Oh how I yearn
To be all her’s
And all for this
My heart still spurs

That’s a bird
A bird, she is!

Though conclusions
Draw too sad
To have met her
I feel a luck young lad

About this poem

A poem written recently about an individual’s sudden realisation that their feelings towards their love interest is non-reciprocal.

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Written on June 22, 2021

Submitted on June 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXAXA BC XDXDXEXE BC XFXF
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 412
Words 86
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 2, 8, 2, 4

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