Crow <br />I detest the Carrion Crow! <br />(He's a raven, don't you know?) <br /> He's a greedy glutton, also, and a ghoul, <br />And his sanctimonious caw <br />Rubs my temper on the raw. <br /> He's a demon, and a most degraded fowl. <br /> <br />Blue Wren <br />I admire the pert Blue-wren <br />And his dainty little hen- <br /> Though she hasn't got a trace of blue upon her; <br />But she's pleasing, and she's pretty, <br /> And she sings a cheerful ditty; <br />While her husband is a gentleman of honour. <br /> <br />Cuckoo <br />I despise the Pallid Cuckoo, <br />A disreputable "crook" who <br /> Shirks her duties for a lazy life of ease. <br />I abhor her mournful call, <br />Which is not a song at all <br /> But a cross between a whimper and a wheeze. <br /> <br />Kookaburra <br />I suspect the Kookaburra, <br />For his methods are not thorough <br /> In his highly-praised campaign against the snakes, <br />And the small birds, one and all, <br />Curse him for a cannibal - <br />Though he certainly is cheerful when he wakes.<br /><br />Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bird-song-2/
