an egret alights
on a coracle boat
without nudging it.
Lightness [Haiku]
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Tag Archives: animals
Bush Bird Math [Senryū]
a bird in a bush:
does it know it’s worth
half a bird in hand?
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Raptor Unseen [Haiku]
a hawk screeches
somewhere in the valley,
but remains unseen.
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Updraft [Haiku]
a vulture soars,
riding the updraft and
sniffing for Death.
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Anthropomorphized Hound [Senryū]
its forelimbs crossed,
the dog looks "in the know,"
but what 's it know?
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“The Eagle” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson [w/ Audio]
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
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In-Flight Refueling [Haiku]
Shadow Cat [Haiku]
even by daylight,
the black cat is a shadow --
devoid of depth.
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Cobble Sparrow [Haiku]
Ducks Adrift [Haiku]
a pond in summer:
ducks look like wooden toys,
drifting leisurely.
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