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Tag: birds

Posted on March 6, 2026March 1, 2026

Lift Off

it is faith
that always
proceeds flight

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Posted on February 13, 2026February 8, 2026

Feed The Birds

pinecone’s homage
leaving seeds
looking like feet

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Posted on November 18, 2025November 8, 2025

Berries Brown And Red

decorating
the landscape
feeding the birds

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Posted on November 2, 2025October 22, 2025

Flock In Flight

together in the blue and white
while each still
going their own way

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Posted on July 31, 2025July 23, 2025

Vulnerabilities

pink plastic flamingos
their only predators
the elements, time and asethics

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Posted on March 2, 2025February 24, 2025

Synchronized Ice

I see the sound
of ice birds
murmuration

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Posted on January 29, 2025January 20, 2025

Ice Birds

perched upon
the window screen
then rising into flight

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Posted on January 1, 2025December 29, 2024

Dinner Waits

the crabapple tree
set like a table
for the cardinal and cedar waxwings

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Posted on December 13, 2024December 7, 2024

All On One Fine Day

cardinal in the tree top
a hawk gliding home
the eagle riding thermals

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Posted on September 18, 2024September 11, 2024

September Gifts

sustenance for
southern journeys
the sunflower fence in bloom

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Posted on August 28, 2024August 18, 2024

Wait Together

fog has made
the world small
but still big enough

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Posted on January 24, 2024January 18, 2024

Come Along

ground bound
my spirit soars
in tandem with their flight

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Posted on January 15, 2024January 12, 2024

Party Line

intermingling conversations
back to the old days
of sharing the line

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Posted on July 18, 2023July 3, 2023

Location, Location, Location

birds too admire
a dooryard full
of flowers

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Posted on January 10, 2023January 9, 2023

Secrets Of The Feathered Fellowship

on gray days
being in community
creates its own kind of sunlight

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Posted on December 16, 2022December 10, 2022

From Above

reprieved from freezing
a sun warmed soup
of autumn’s leaves

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Posted on December 4, 2022November 28, 2022

Invisible Work

birds and seeds
plot the creation
of spring

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Posted on July 7, 2022July 5, 2022

Across The River

on the quiet side of the house
the only voices
are the meadow birds

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Posted on May 13, 2022May 11, 2022

Darkness Receding

birds stirring
amongst the reeds
the marsh awakens

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Posted on December 21, 2021December 20, 2021

En Mass

they flew
into the sunset
shepherding light

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Posted on December 6, 2021November 28, 2021

The Feast Tree

birds of every variation
come, come
and feast in the sun

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Posted on November 1, 2021October 26, 2021

Keeping Watch

turned towards
the north and south
eyes keen for change

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Posted on January 16, 2021January 12, 2021

Should The Feeder Be Empty

beneath it
there is
plenty

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Posted on October 13, 2020October 11, 2020

The Council

convening
at the birdbath
migration is debated

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Posted on August 30, 2020August 30, 2020

Two Birds

the expanse of the sky
was unfathomable
so they flew together

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Posted on June 23, 2020June 20, 2020

Rendezvous

every year they meet
at the base of the tree
their love renewed each spring

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Posted on June 12, 2020June 6, 2020

As the Day Slowly Rises

beneath the surface
the clarity
of dreams persist

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Posted on June 5, 2020May 30, 2020

Duty

the sentry
guarding the feeder
as dawn wakes the day

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Posted on May 14, 2020May 12, 2020

All Wet

the mallard and heron
embrace water
from above and below

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Posted on April 11, 2020April 10, 2020

Mourning Doves In The Afternoon


it’s much too soon
to start a nest dear
it always snows in April

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