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Tag: birds

Posted on April 1, 2020March 29, 2020

Sure Sign


robin’s red breasts
against a bright blue sky
spring arrives on wings

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Posted on February 13, 2020February 11, 2020

Redhead In The Rhythm Section


a fixed concentration
on the syncopation
of sustenance seeking

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Posted on February 4, 2020January 31, 2020

Swoop


into flight
the darting and diving
of feathered days

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Posted on March 31, 2019March 28, 2019

The Long And Short Of It


the melt has started
but the freeze
hangs on

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Posted on December 7, 2018November 30, 2018

Respect


snow upon snow
winter teaching
us her name

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Posted on December 2, 2018November 30, 2018

Salt and Pepper


bird peppered sky
snow salted land
the seasoned season

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Posted on November 27, 2018November 26, 2018

Passing By


speed is the reply
to the call
of the wild

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Posted on November 10, 2018November 8, 2018

Migration


headed south
the honking
of goodbye

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Posted on October 2, 2018October 3, 2018

Meleagris


gathering
at autumn’s edge
to strategize the season

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Posted on September 14, 2018September 9, 2018

Ascent


each
stroke of air
pulls the horizon closer

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Posted on September 11, 2018September 9, 2018

Discerning Eye


up pops
the heron head
to get a better view

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Posted on September 7, 2018September 2, 2018

Comings And Goings On The Marsh


room for all
the hurried arrival
the leisurely stroll

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Posted on August 26, 2018August 19, 2018

Willing


great heron
in the green
waiting to be seen

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Posted on June 1, 2018May 31, 2018

Summit of the Small and Large


oriole and eagle
the meeting
of beauty and power

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Posted on May 1, 2018April 30, 2018

Play On


woodpecker’s
sheet music
composition of seasons

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Posted on April 1, 2018March 27, 2018

Freedom Flyers


the old dead tree
these hunters’
totem of life

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Posted on March 28, 2018March 27, 2018

Bohemians


unfettered
by norms and conventions
free spirits perch

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Posted on March 15, 2018March 14, 2018

The Last Word


don’t you
fly away when
I’m chirping at you

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Posted on March 1, 2018February 27, 2018

Well Matched


unexpected warmth
a shaft of light
the robin’s table set

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Posted on February 9, 2018February 7, 2018

Murmuration


flight
of the frozen
ice bird flock

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Posted on August 6, 2017August 1, 2017

Birds At The Box


tending and guarding
the vigilant work
of parenting

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Posted on July 1, 2017June 28, 2017

Reflection of Flight


hatch
on the lake
bird’s buffet

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Posted on June 24, 2017June 16, 2017

Provisioning


the clamor for food
an ancient noise
that starts the hunt

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Posted on April 8, 2017April 4, 2017

Three’s Philosophy


trinity
in the trees
what was, is, will be

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Posted on April 1, 2017March 31, 2017

Birdbath


April tricks
no bathing here
foolery for feathered ones

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Posted on March 23, 2017March 21, 2017

Fare Thee Well


feathered ones know
winter says goodbye
in snow

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Posted on February 15, 2017February 9, 2017

We

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inside the storm
we feast and sing
life demands our living

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Posted on December 19, 2016December 18, 2016

Rainy Day Music

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rain plays
on tin roofs
symphony for birds

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Posted on November 30, 2016November 26, 2016

Home to Roost

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place for all
on the roof ridge perch
line of lineage

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Posted on November 26, 2016November 24, 2016

Letting Go

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ascending the morning fog
flying with the birds
unbound

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