Category: Birds
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Birdwatching with Ruth Westheimer
mockingbirds are monogamous according to ornithologists mockingbirds are masters of mimicry according to ornithologists mockingbirds must practice role play inferred by ornithologists 3-27-25
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haiku from our daughter’s front porch
squirrels twerk on fence chickens cackle good morning voyeur sun in trees 2-21-23
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Mayor of the crescent moon
crescent moon hooks sharp ends into the horizon pulls a blanket slowly over the sun campaigning for re-election Mick O’Possum waddles down the street while deer look both ways before crossing racoon scavenges trash for hors d’oeuvres feral cat strolls nonchalantly through a yard doesn’t care enough to vote 2-2-25
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anti-malarial tanka
heavy air morning single drop breaks pond surface no wind, almost rain brown duck spreads wings flies away I wish the skeeters would, too 6-30-23
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Walking shadow
bird lifts from perch detaches from its shadow and soars no matter how far I walk or fast I run my shadow clings to my feet and holds me here 1-12-25
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haiku of the pond
geese and mallards feud unperturbed white egret stalks breakfast along shore 1-12-25
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haiku while reading Smithsonian
Andean glass frogs thrive free from prying eyes – don’t ask me how they mate 1-9-25
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Fourteen lines
Poem written for a workshop I host; the prompt was Nature: Because I refuse to count my beats And play with rhyming schemes These fourteen lines will never be A fucking sonnet nature poem Carolina wren song ascends Clear notes welcome in the day Dew sparkles during morning prayer Soon it may become ice crystal…
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mount up and fly
you don’t need a pin through your abdomen or gutted and stuffed by taxidermist to prove you are a special being and in danger of becoming extinct mount up and fly while you still can 12-9-24
My husband's poetry 