Analysis of Bird on the shoulder…Shopping.



Told me that the little guy
Was six years.
Beautiful shades of blue.
Spots of emerald
On head and breast.
About starling size.
Man was simply
Wandering, searching
For some hardware item.
Bird would NOT FLY OFF.
Jostle some inventory.
Not frightened, just smart.
Enjoying closeness, warmth
Of the low-voiced Buddy.
And Feeder.
(Even bits of cracker now.)
No sudden movements.
Everybody giving reasonable
Breathing space.
Asking happy questions.
Joking about the Pirate Ship
And Captain Jack Sparrow.
With that steady examining
Avian eye on the lookout.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJGKLGMNOPQRSTHU
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 111 100111 1110 1101 01101 1110 10010 11110 11111 101010 11011 010101 101110 010 1011101 11010 100101000 101 101010 10010101 010110 11100100 1001101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 551
Words 102
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 443
Words per stanza (avg) 87

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A real encounter without much fuss.

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Written on March 27, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 27, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 27, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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