Foot-tapping Seagull [Kyōka]

Photograph of a Seagull near the fish market in Helsinki, Finland.
a Seagull stands 
at a respectful distance
from a fish stall,
waiting for the fishmonger
to do the right thing.

PROMPT: Ambitious DIY

Daily writing prompt
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.

Trying to get squirrels out of the attic. They did me like Macaulay Culkin / Kevin McCallister in Home Alone. Ultimately, had to call experts (pest control, not hitmen,) and they made short work of it.

Snow Squirrel [Haiku]

Photograph of a squirrel on snow on Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec.
chubby squirrel
scampers across crusty snow --
crunchlessly!

The Regal Eagle [Lyric Poem]

A photograph of an African Fish Eagle taken in Chobe National Park in Botswana.
No bird ever seemed quite so regal
As a quietly perching eagle.
But it's not so much like a king
When it dismounts, to take wing --
Cause that bird has to work for its living.

River Taco [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of Hippopotamus in the Chobe River, between Botswana and Namibia.
We kayak where lives Hippopotamus,
And hope it isn't submerged, a-bottom us.
With kayak a quite crunchy hard shell --
Us: savory filling that screams and yells, --
We'll be a three-bite river taco to hell.

Fly [Haiku]

Photograph of a fly on a leaf, taken in Mussoorie.
fly in Summer,
buzzes around a cow --
dodging whip-tail.

Bird on a Wire [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Lucknow, India.
a bird alights
onto a windswept wire;
then seems to doze.

Baby Monkey Wisdom [Kyōka]

Photograph of a baby Macaque taken at Gudibande Fort in the Chikkaballapur District of Karnataka, India.
the fixed boulder
makes great shelter;
rolling boulders
make monkey paste:
how do baby monkeys know?

Squirrel Grandiosity [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of an Eastern Gray Squirrel taken in North Georgia.
A squirrel sat straight upon a dirt mound.
It could survey the woods for miles around.
Holding an acorn like a microphone,
The rodent seemed to be deep in the Zone.
Perhaps comedy stylings or folk songs?
But it just chewed its nut loud and long.

DAILY PHOTO: Big Creek Greenway Wildlife

White-Tailed Deer taken in Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta, GA.
Eastern Gray Squirrel eating an acorn along the Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta, GA.
A male / female pair of Hooded Merganser Ducks taken on the Big Creek Greenway Trail in Alpharetta, GA.