Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SACRED BIRD, by JACK MERTEN


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THE SACRED BIRD, by                    
First Line: The sacred bird picks golden corn
Last Line: Golden corn where the stars are thick.
Subject(s): Clergy; Prayer; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology


THE Sacred Bird picks golden corn
From the moon's high horn;
And all his shrieks of bird surprise
Men say, on earth, are prophecies.

They seek to lure him down again
With tithes of vinegar and grain;
And show an ornamental Coop
Where censers swing and bishops stoop.

But all the prayers go quite unheard
That seek to tempt the Sacred Bird;
For he is more content to pick
Golden corn where the stars are thick.





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