Gust [Haiku]

gusting Spring winds:
can the hunkered crow
take to flight?

Hilltop Temple [Haiku]

hilltop temple
comes into view
to a crow CAW!

Rocky Outcrop [Tanka]

the rocky tip
of grass-coiffed outcrop
is all I see,
but the sound of a crow's "CAW!"
comes through loud & clear.

“Raven at Dusk” by Matsuo Bashō [w/ Audio]

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

Post Crow [Haiku]

crow on a post,
on rocky desolate ground;
waves lap ashore.

In-Flight Refueling [Haiku]

a bold crow
shops for lunch in a
bigger bird's talon.

Crow Alights [Haiku]

a crow alights
on a slender, bare branch,
riding the bounce.

Black Crow [Haiku]

a black crow, 
oily & otherworldly,
alights on a rock.

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.

Dead-Eyed [Haiku]

dead-eyed crow,
 heat shimmers off rock...
  CAW!