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Chirping Bird: A Sacred Poem

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Feb 12, 2026
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Chirping Bird

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

O chirping bird who in the tree-crotch roosts,
Whose cheerful song our daily toiling boosts,
Relieving what is over-bent and sad,
Fortifying a soul who music had
Once in youth when all things in bright bells rang,
And even death its noble luring sang,
But now the dirge…

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