Merry, Merry Sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy Blossom
Sees you swift as arrow
Seek your cradle narrow
Near my Bosom.
Pretty, Pretty Robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy Blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, Pretty Robin,
Near my bosom.
On a pleasant mid-Spring day,
A bird landed -- no bounce or sway.
It perched, chirping - as if in play:
I blinked, and it'd flown away.
heron & reflection drift apart
until one of them vanishes.
gusting Spring winds:
can the hunkered crow
take to flight?
stork silhouette
stands on a sunken branch:
dusky summer eve.
two wading birds
face each other so that
their reflections can chat.
perched egret
clears a window in pond scum,
and waits — statue-like!
pigeons mill about --
then one finds color
in the gray city.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 