perched egret
clears a window in pond scum,
and waits — statue-like!
Patience [Haiku]
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Pigeon King [Haiku]
pigeons mill about --
then one finds color
in the gray city.
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Cobbles [Haiku]
Land at Rest [Haiku]
the land rests
after the harvest;
birds feed on remnants.
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Hilltop Temple [Haiku]
Coiled [Haiku]
neck coiled,
egret hovers stock still
to snap up a fish.
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“To a Marsh Hawk in Spring” by Henry David Thoreau [w/ Audio]
There is health in thy gray wing,
Health of nature's furnishing.
Say, thou modern-winged antique,
Was thy mistress ever sick?
In each heaving of thy wing
Thou dost health and leisure bring,
Thou dost waive disease and pain
And resume new life again.
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Pelican [Lyric Poem]
The Pelican, when it has formed a group,
Is said to be a squadron, pouch, or scoop.
I find that naming scheme quite puzzling;
Isn't its "pouch" where it keeps soup for guzzling?
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Cold River [Haiku]
goose at water's edge:
cold river flows around
unmoving legs.
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Ibis [Lyric Poem]
The Egyptians found the Ibis sacred.
This must have made the Ibis elated.
I watched one try to push a Heron around;
The unimpressed Heron just stood its ground.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 