Category Archives: wildlife

Home Invasion [Haiku]

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the heron stares at
 the unwitting egret’s back:
  unfond of flatmate?

Leaf Thief [Haiku]

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a bird absconds
 with a tree's last few leaves
  for its Winter nest.

Rainy Rice Field [Haiku]

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rain patters
 in the rice paddy;
  a frog croaks.

Bats in the Bamboo [Haiku]

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bats hang in bamboo —
 blanket-wrapped in wings —
  hang like their food, fruit.

Shadow Play [Haiku]

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a butterfly
 plays with shape & shadow
  on a sunlit leaf.

Squirrel Alarm [Haiku]

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bushy black tail
 waves frantically:
  squirrel alarm.

Downpour [Haiku]

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drying cormorant
 folds up its wings, resigned
  to grounding by rain.

Starling [Haiku]

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a starling stomps,
 like a masked bandit, 
  across dusty earth.

One Fish [Haiku]

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solitary fish
 darts about at lake's edge:
  taunting fates & fishers.

Last Dance [Haiku]

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tattered butterfly
 comes to rest after a
  spastic last dance.