Tag Archives: animals

Not the Face! [Senryū]

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a young skink's
 vibrant cobalt blue tail
  says, "Not the Face!"

Lily Pad Heron [Haiku]

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water lilies stand
 confidently, while herons
  step warily.

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.

The Brave One [Haiku]

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

Crows in a Row [Haiku]

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