Shel Silverstein

Weird-bird

Weird-bird - meaning Summary

Choosing Solitude Over Safety

This short, playful poem describes a bird who deliberately migrates north while others fly south. The Weird-Bird accepts cold and isolation not from necessity but for the pleasure of being alone and different. The poem presents a simple exploration of individuality and deliberate contrarianism, using a light, humorous voice to suggest that choices that seem odd to others can be deliberate acts of self-definition.

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Birds are flyin' south for winter. Here's the Weird-Bird headin' north, Wings a-flappin', beak a-chatterin', Cold head bobbin' back 'n' forth. He says, 'It's not that I like ice Or freezin' winds and snowy ground. It's just sometimes it's kind of nice To be the only bird in town.'

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