a pelican
builds a nest, or makes
a peace offering?
Pelican Ambiguity [Senryū]
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Tag Archives: bird
Winter Fields [Haiku]
tawny grain stalks,
unkempt, like mussed hair;
a bird flies out.
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DAILY PHOTO: Perching Cardinal
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Ostrich [Lyric Poem]
For the Ostrich, I feel quite bad:
The bird's great gift, it never had.
But, a flighted one, I don't wish to see;
I'd hate to have a falling one land on me.
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Leaf Thief [Haiku]
a bird absconds
with a tree's last few leaves
for its Winter nest.
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Downpour [Haiku]
drying cormorant
folds up its wings, resigned
to grounding by rain.
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Post Crow [Haiku]
crow on a post,
on rocky desolate ground;
waves lap ashore.
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Bush Bird Math [Senryū]
a bird in a bush:
does it know it’s worth
half a bird in hand?
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Ride by Night [Kyōka]
a little bird,
on a bit of driftwood,
speeds downriver
in the dusky, fading light.
doesn’t it know it can fly?
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Night Heron [Senryū]
a night heron,
up & about at sunrise,
like diehard revellers.
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