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POEM STARTER
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Write a poem based on this title from the poet Maya Angelou. You could read the original poem for inspiration!
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It’s not looking a lot like Christmas maybe
Because your not letting it in there is Christmas
Spirit all around you but you won’t know it
If you don’t let it in let it in and you’ll know that
This is what you do
You snuggle up with friends and family listen to
The Christmas carols and maybe even sing one
Yourself go under neath the Christmas tree shake the
Presents with glee oh wonder what Sa...
In cages bound, their wings clipped and confined,
Yet their spirits soar, an anthem intertwined.
Through trials and pain, their melodies take flight,
A symphony of resilience, shining through the night.
With each note, they defy the chains that bind,
Their songs of freedom echo, leaving no soul behind.
They sing of dreams and hopes, of love and strife,
Their voices piercing through the bars of li...
Caged bird in the dawn,
Sings of fields beyond its reach—
I know why it sings.
Feathers clipped, wings still,
Yet its heart holds soaring hills—
I know why it sings.
Bars of shadow cast,
On the wall, freedom's contrast—
I know why it sings.
Morning's first light beams,
In its song, the day redeems—
I know why it sings.
Echoes fill the air,
A melody of despair?
No,...
When there is nothing left to do,
No food to hunt or water to find,
No predators claimed “kings”,
Or cover to claim,
The Caged Bird Sings.
There is something grounding,
Yet freeing all the same,
Of the whistle of a parakeet,
One who has no shame.
We hold a song to standards,
We hold them up so high,
That when the bird starts screaming,
We only see absence of beauty; a lie.
The birds will open ...
I know why caged birds sing.
They sing notes of despair, hoping someone will save them,
Their songs are cries for help.
I know why caged birds sing.
Because they’re spirit is free,
Putting a lock on their wings is like taking away their life, their will to live.
I know why caged birds sing.
Because they know where the key to their cage is,
They know where the capturer put it.
But they are af...
For all the people
listen close
To hear the notes
The cadged bird sings
When it’s sure
No ears can hear
It’s mournful tears
The cages bird sings
No one’s there
To console, to love
This lonely, broken hearted dove
So it makes its friends
Its company
With its own bitter sweet melody
I know why the caged bird sings
So that when it rests its wings
Its soul won’t die
But carry on
Like...
I know why the caged bird sings
For fear that if it stops
Its tears will drown its hope
I know why the caged bird sings
To try and drown the past
The pain, the doubt, with notes
I know why the cage bird sings
It can’t seem to be still
It wants to wash it all away
I know why the caged bird sings
Its scared that to cease
would truly mean washing away
The cage bird’s scared…
it will never see an...
I know why the caged birds sing,
When, in futurity, sulfur will rise and flood the mine;
And the bars obviate all resistance,
There’s nothing left but to surrender all conductance;
And when inevitability comes to pass, there can’t be done a thing;
All that’s left to do is conciliate your fate, and sing....
Yea I’m trapped
don’t know long I’ll last
wrapped up in these chains that are controlling my brain
and keeping me behind bars mentally
Cuz I’m tired of dealing with these mental illusions
it’s driving me to delusion
I would ask for help but I feel more comfortable in seclusion
seems like I’ll never escape that’s my conclusion
cuz see I’m more vocal in these rhymes I write
when I should be mor...
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