HOME | DD
synchrochick007 — why the caged bird sings
by-nd
Published: 2008-01-03 04:47:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 3595; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 30
Redirect to original
Description
I know why the caged bird singsEvery leave of spring it brings
Every summer, every thing,
I know why the caged bird sings
He looks past the bars he’s seen
Lands so far from where he’s been
Places forgotten, since unknown
Born and raised hold his own
Singing ready, singing right
Farmer hears his lonely plight
Getting ready for his flight
Wings so soft and white
Safe is fair and safe is past
Fading fast to all things last
Safe is past and gone and fair
But truth says it’s safer in there
I know why the caged bird sings
Every leave of spring it brings
Every summer, every thing,
I know why the caged bird sings
Related content
Comments: 37
This is very pretty, nice job!
I have a question though-- is it supposed to be leave of leaf? (In the second line and third to last)
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
It's a play on words
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Ohh I get it now! Wow I'm kinda slow...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Don't worry about it.
Thanks for the fav.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
how beautiful and sad at the same time I tink I start to get why the caged bird sings
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you!
I feel quite cooped up... :/
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
beautiful. inspired by paul l. dunbar? really? i thought it was inspired by maya angelou.
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The free bird leaps
on the back of the win
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and is tune is heard
on the distant hillfor the caged bird
sings of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze
an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom."
see? xD. anyway, amazing work!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Oh, and I was also wondering which poem of his inspired you?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I will post it in the artist's comments
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I absolutely adore this! If you think about it, we're all caged birds anyway.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you! 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
oooh, you know something we all dont
hehe great poem, im a sucker for perfect rhythm, and theres only one tiny mistake, but i love it!!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
oh! do tell whatever this miniscule mistake may be!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
the last lines in your middle paragraphs are all missing a syllable
"Born and raised [to] hold his own"
"Wings so soft and [wings so] white"
"But truth says [that] it’s safer there"
they are just suggestions, but that makes your rhyming perfect 
and i really like the original poem to!!!!
*2 thumbs up*
i do love it otherwise!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
this is nice! especially the last stanza which ended it in a sing-song way which i like!!! shall fav this one!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you very much!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Wow! Wonderful job! Great imagery, and I've got a tune in my head for it, too. I hope it's the same as yours!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah! Now we just meed to find a way...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
hmm.... I'm rather technologialy challenged so.. I have no idea haha 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
you're welcome! ^_^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I LOVE IT! wow!!! how inspiring!!! I feel so much better now that I read this 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you so much!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
you are more then welcome!!!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1