a single heron
skimming over rough ploughed fields
- all the fish fossils
Hawk moth in the grass
Belly pressed to stem, to shoots.
Spring flutters my heart.
mockingbird flying
circles around clunky crow . . .
white patches flashing
birds and crickets chirp
locusts bounce in high grasses
Arboretum dawn
Feather-light, haiku
descend on the sleeping heart,
then close their talons
Ghostly glow of moon
Unsung songs of sleeping birds
Waiting to emerge
Rain falls. Leaves begin
to spring. Little lambs skip. Birds
couple, build and sing.
Leaves flutter and turn
Wrapped in wind, dark clouds, and rain
Still the robin sings
hawk with mouse alights
fence post's quiet tenancy
salutes carmine dawn
flying day old bread
seagull pleads with wanting eyes?
proceeds with caution
hanging from a branch
where birds nested in the spring
icicles in pairs
Here above the clouds
Seeing the freeway below
Looking down at birds
forsythia burst
slumbered gardens awaken
birds rejoice in song
covered by fresh snow
the kale roots sipping the melt:
birds peck at the edge
Grey bowed wing heron
lands as sentry of quick death~
pickerels dart deep
sparrow-heart, darling
do you drink from the river?
taking stones inside
Beneath the orchard
giant fruit tarantulas
sweeten their spring nests.
Anhinga bird stretch
Waking the morning stillness
Warming my new day
Interrogation
Tree echoes the woodpecker
Reverberation
bright green stalks swaying
high rows of September corn
one crow standing guard
snow laced window pane
cardinal perched on barren bough
winter solitude
Crows devil the sky
Torn old rags of sooty wings
Ghosts of Strathnaver
red roses in mud
pink sky dripping falling stars
sparrow shakes a worm
Eagles soar so high
Sentinels in the blue sky
Feathers drift - a Gift!
Birds whisper sweet songs
hidden voices in the bark
a choir brings day.
Hummingbirds dancing
Ballet to the beat of wings
In the air above
Birds quietly chirp
As grass sways gently in time
Mice pause to listen
Morning on water
winds blow revelry through leaves
a heron splashes
tattered wings flutter
beneath the hunter moon's glow
a mallard's last cry
Painted white-on-white:
Great White Egret, wings spread wide
in a cloudy sky.
Butterfly flutters
Washing buckets not a chore
The hummingbird stays
Spiral clouds of birds
Over golden, ghostly Rome
A cold, spring twilight
Sentinel Blackbird
Posted high on cattail stem
Red badge wings hold sway
the song of an owl
a sweet shiver on the spine
fall's pale moon quivers
pink sky in April
tangled in honeysuckle
hummingbird's delight
storks moving their wings
all over the setting sun -
a goodbye message