The Ibis
The ibis is a sacred bird
So idle, happy, by the Nile;
It speaks, and each wise word
A scribe records – and puts on file.
“Oh, Ibis, dear, won’t you sing
Instead of speaking non-stop?
It really would be quite the thing
If you could jazz, and pop, and bebop.”
The ibis is a sacred bird
So idle, happy, by the Nile;
It speaks, and each wise word
A scribe records – and puts on file.
“Oh, Ibis, dear, won’t you sing
Instead of speaking non-stop?
It really would be quite the thing
If you could jazz, and pop, and bebop.”
The
ibis turns and irked, he scowls,
Then
thoughtfully replies:
“Songs
that you seek are for the fowls,
The owls, and chicks, and gadflies!
I am the bird of Thoth, you know,
And have proper decorum;
I speak, orate, recite and crow
So finely in the forum!”
“I beg your pardon, Ibis, Sir,
For being so light and shallow,
I, to your wisdom will defer
And be no longer callow.”
This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.
The owls, and chicks, and gadflies!
I am the bird of Thoth, you know,
And have proper decorum;
I speak, orate, recite and crow
So finely in the forum!”
“I beg your pardon, Ibis, Sir,
For being so light and shallow,
I, to your wisdom will defer
And be no longer callow.”
This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.
wonderful birds indeed
ReplyDeleteHave a nice ABC-day / -week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
http://melodymusic.nl/20-i/
majestic birds
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW
Love the poem. I have posted some ibis today.
ReplyDeleteWonderful prose and such a majestic bird,
ReplyDeleteI would love to see an IBIS perhaps, nestling
in the reeds along the banks of the Nile.
I know he's very handsome but that doesn't
mean he should be so stuck up !
I suddenly thought of Cleopatra and the IBIS
strutting around her gardens in the Royal
Palace in Egypt !
Best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.