Category: Birds
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january haiku
feathered friends shiver store bought seed suspended from tree bird feeder café 1-18-26
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Merlin’s haiku
beautiful blue jay wears opera diva’s robe but can’t sing a note 9-30-25
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Rain
Morning rain rattles in gutters and drains, washes the street, pushes tired leaves from limbs, resuscitates thirsty moss. Somewhere offshore a hurricane spins, spawns riptides, pulls sand from beaches, keeps disappointed tourists inside. The forecast says the storm will miss us. But other storms more dangerous than this gather out where we can’t see. While…
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empty haiku
sit on daughter’s deck birds sing in the deep green woods empty bird feeder 9-13-25
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Tailless lizard
High above a plane glistens in fading light, crescent moon visible in blue sky. Plane and moon pass by each other or so is seems from where I sit. Tailless lizard walks by on porch screen. Does it know I cannot reach it through the screen or is its arrogance why it is a tailless…
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a question for Merlin
birds sing back and forth celebrating the day or maybe, they call out pick me, pick me or delineate territory don’t come too close? 8-15-25
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rainy day front porch haiku
tires slap wet pavement leaves watch thirsty ground drink rain tree frogs trill thank you 8-14-25
My husband's poetry 