Category: Birds
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On my sister’s birthday
Trees are greening. Blue sky reflects in empty space. Pollen drifts slowly towards shore. Blue heron fishes the shallows. Brown cattails silently stand guard. Grey turtles bask in sun, unconcerned with anything, except staying warm. 3-8-23
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The day before
1) The ebb and flow of tide changes the shoreline, laps high up on dunes. Turtles lay eggs in sand. Walk careful, do not disturb those still waiting to be born. 2) An old man stands in hot sand trying to keep grit out of his shoes. Another year to plan the future. On the…
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after the equinox
On the second day of Spring 2 Baha, 180 B.E. Offer a prayer for a friend having surgery Go to the gym Buy Carol a strong, large coffee on the way home Take a walking meditation in the park Bumblebees imbibe at the Azalea Bush Bar Turtles sun themselves on a muddy beach No mallards,…
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haiku for nesting season
in the top of tree black bird makes a two-toned caw only crows will love 3-23-23
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Before the sun is high
Emerald-headed mallard swims through trees set adrift in a blue, blue sky before turtles line the shoreline like city folks at Hilton Head resorts, before bright green anoles emerge from nighttime hiding places, before a frog chorus gives way to bird solos before swarms of tadpoles are consumed in the coming feeding frenzy, you recite…
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Saturday morning counseling session with an assassin
Red tailed hawk sitting low in mapled limbs. Normally you hunt from high above. Have you grown bored of your advantage? Feathered head swivels back and forth. What are you looking for? The park is full of squirrels and feral cats. I can tell you where a well-fed morsel of chihuahua yaps from dawn to…
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Sunrise walking meditation
When light peeks over my neighbor’s roof, I walk in the park, recite the name of God on fingertips, say prayers for the living and the dead. In greening woods, a bird intones, high low, high low, high. From untrimmed shrubs of an empty house a reply comes, high low, high low, high. 4-19-23
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haiku of a cardinal
red flash on green branch sings sweetly, wake up, wake up springtime has returned 4-21-23
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magic lizarding haiku
tan anole on fence stops, looks over the edge at bush leaps, blends into green 4-22-23
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