Category: Birds
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Spring haiku
tree frogs sing off stage squirrels pole dance in side yard blue jays rage in bush 4-30-22
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When shadows block the sun
If I cast my shadow behind me at the pond, turtles do not jump from bank to water. In our yard, I sit in a faded yellow chair my wife wants me to throw away. I don’t care what the neighbors think; why replace what conforms comfortably to my form? I go inside to pee,…
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Beachboys on the half shell
turtles on the bank baking in the warm spring sun preparing to flee 4-22-22
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rainy day haiku
lone rainy day goosetucks its head under its wingwaiting for relief 4-16-22
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4am porch haiku
rain rattles drain pipe caterwauling hormone rage needs to find a room 4-7-22
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Fecundity
after the storm broken tree leans near path amphibian drone three tone bull frog bass line a pair of mallards, a pair of geese cordon off the pond half grown leaves blossom bright green dogwood crowns edge of woods beneath my feet revelation moss effloresces birds call back and forth I am alive, I am…
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turtle haiku 2022
turtle on a logcontemplating the morningpoised to flee away 2-24-22
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Life unseen
spawning bottom feeders dance mud swirls on surface of pond, whoo-ing owl asks questions of the woods, leaf blower drones two blocks away, car doors slam, dogs bark close and far, trucks groan on distant interstate, birds query from bush to bush, fighter jets roar in overcast sky, sirens cry on ferry road, yellow dust…
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Days like these
Days of rain hold me on the porch gather in gutters clean the streets Days of rain slow and steady call moss to green birds to song Days of rain slowly drum pull the shades take a nap Days of rain wet and warm summon frogs serenade the dark 2-4-22
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