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		<title>The Pelican</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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The Pelican
A poem (limerick) by Dixon Lanier Merritt

The Pelican
The Pelican is one of the heaviest birds capable of flight. It is strangely proportioned with very short legs for the size of its body. Adults can weigh as much as 10 to 17 pounds (4.5-7.7 kg). Because of their large bodies and short legs, these birds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a queer bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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What a queer bird
An old poem
Name this bird

What a queer bird is a poem from the nineteenth century or before. It is sometimes attributed to Ogden Nash but has been around long before him. It has also been set to music, in round form, and is sung in several Youtube videos. The words are as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Little Dickie Birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Two Little Dickie Birds
Nursery Rhyme
Have you seen these two missing ducks?

Two Little Dickie Birds is an English Nursery Rhyme.
    Two Little Dickie Birds Sitting on a Wall
    One named Peter
    The other named Paul
    Fly away Peter
    Fly away Paul
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws
Bird Poem
Name these Parakeet birds.

The Bird With The Coppery, Keen Claws is a poem from Wallace Stevens&#8217;s first book of poetry, Harmonium. It was originally published in 1921.
 Above the forest of the parakeets,
 A parakeet of parakeets prevails,
 A pip of life amid a mort of tails.
 (The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sing on, sad bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty Blackbird</dc:creator>
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Sing on, sad bird
Bird Poem
Have you seen this bird?

Sing on, sad bird is the title of a poem by James MacIntosh. 
Sing on, sad bird, thou lonely whip-poor-will,
  It soothes my grieving breast to hear thy lay;
Each tone that floats o&#8217;er forest, vale and hill
  Bids Memory gaze upon a happier day.
When Love [...]]]></description>
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