one hundred birds
startle at my presence;
one eyeballs me.
The Brave One [Haiku]
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Tag Archives: animals
Crows in a Row [Haiku]
Wee Hours War [Lyric Poem]
The dogs were in a wee hours war:
Growling and snapping and howling,
Breaching night's plutonian shore,
And sweet dreams those barks were fouling.
What monstrous dreamland incursions
That yapping must have brought about.
Bucolic scenes turned perversions
Of bared teeth and menacing snout.
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Snake Hijinx [Kyōka]
i see snakes jutting
from the water; usually
i’d discover
it’s not snakes but sticks,
but today isn’t the usual.
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Roughhousing Snakes [Haiku]
at water’s edge,
snakes wrestle: writhing, twining,
but slipping the pin.
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PROMPT: Animal
Which animal would you compare yourself to and why?
Human being (Homo Sapiens) bears the closest resemblance.
Why? For starters, humans are animals. And I think if I were put in a lineup of varied species and a random intelligent person were asked to pick the Homo Sapiens, they’d pick me.
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Heron Perch [Haiku]
from still water
juts deadwood on which herons
perch with their shadows.
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Diabolical [Free Verse]
I don’t mind one crow,
on a rail or curb,
by its lonesome.
Nor am I troubled by
a large number of the birds.
(The group designation “murder,”
notwithstanding.)
But where two or three
are gathered, facing
each other…
That’s when I get the
heebie-jeebies.
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Egret Eye [Haiku]
Swamphens [Haiku]
swamphens strut
at water’s edge, and
i’m a farmboy again.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 