Category: Birds
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haiku for a lazy afternoon
Carolina wren warbles – gentle spring shower sizzles on blacktop 5-14-25
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Estranged
morning prayers in the park anole in bright green bush steps out on fence rail turns brown waits for breakfast to walk by you answer the phone “Hello” – anole freezes, turns, scurries back into the bush, disappears into green belated happy birthday wishes talk of life and poetry he reads you a poem he…
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Tippy
When mom fell at home and broke her leg, she was moved to a rehab facility. We knew at 92 she’d never return home and suspect dad knew, too. He insisted we move them into a facility where he lived on one floor and mom on another. Their little dog, Tippy, went to live with…
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Late afternoon haiku
bright, warm winter day piercing bird calls rise above low hum of rush hour 2-13-23
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3 late afternoon haikus
loud angry blue jay shrill voice along the treeline commands the sun leave ————————————- northern cardinal knows you can’t hasten sundown or soothe Xanthippe ————————————– tufted titmouse counsels if birds formed an HOA they’d fine the blue jay 4-29-25
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Park bench haiku
birds sing morning praise I walk slow towards a park bench squirrels race up trees 2-14-23
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goose grease haiku
the geese have returned well wishers gorge them on bread poop everywhere 2-17-23
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Easter resistance
groundhog feeds along the treeline, cardinal in the grass, congregation of deer gather at the garden shed birds sing hallelujah to the sun Easter in the Allegheny mountains before the trees go green I don’t care about a resurrection or rolling away the stone; give me the calming of the waters, healing the sick, cleansing…
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Concerto in the Key of Aqueous
gentle rain thunder rolls overhead water laughs in drain pipes liquid syncopated rhythm in trees birds sing hallelujah songs sirens wail in the distance yellow school bus rattles to a stop latchkey children splash home in the rain I sit on our porch waiting for a key signature change 4-24-25
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haiku from our daughter’s back porch
squirrels twerk on fence chickens cackle good morning voyeur sun in trees 2-21-23
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