the rocky tip
of grass-coiffed outcrop
is all I see,
but the sound of a crow's "CAW!"
comes through loud & clear.
Rocky Outcrop [Tanka]
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a heron stands tall
at the branch’s end,
as if weightless.

frenzied pigeons:
a tight, geometric horde—
until food’s end.

a perched heron
watches ripples of its
last attempt fade.

on a barren branch
a raven has perched —-
autumn dusk

a cloud of pigeons
wheels about in a broad loop;
a thin batch returns.