Category Archives: wildlife

Hornbill [Haiku]

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perching hornbill:
 a plodding half-ton bovine
  doesn't merit attention.

DAILY PHOTO: Zebra Blocks Cape Buffalo Portrait

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Submerge [Haiku]

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a turtle
 slips into the water:
  no sound / no ripple.

DAILY PHOTO: Let Sleeping Tarsiers Lie

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Cormorant Patience [Kyōka]

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the cormorant,
 glistening & dripping,
  must air dry 
 before it’s a bird again;
 humans cramp in the pool.

Black Crow [Haiku]

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a black crow, 
 oily & otherworldly,
  alights on a rock.

Old Wasp Nest [Haiku]

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old wasp nest:
 looks like the whole hive
  hulked its way out.

The Brave One [Haiku]

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one hundred birds
 startle at my presence;
  one eyeballs me.

Embarrassment of Riches [Haiku]

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early summer:
 birds trudge through green paddies
  that they usually prowl.

Crows in a Row [Haiku]

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curb crows
 stand in a row.
  what’s the sky say?