Category Archives: Birds
Haiku: Each Breath
Gratitude for each breath is a verse that goes onuntil the song ends. Be well; be safe; be kind. (Photo: Narble Furt)
White Ravens…And More Stories
Coming October 31, 2018 to your favorite book source from Word Hermit Press: (Cover design: Vinnie Kinsella Book Publishing Services) This is a collection of tales set in the modern American West with characters who somehow dispel the rugged individualist … Continue reading
Mystery Bird
A whirring tumble of notes; a small dark bird I cannot identify— no name where the song might hang. There is only sound. This morning arpeggio startles me. I find the singer on a high wire beak open, breath inflating … Continue reading
Haiku: Fitting Flit
I think the word flit was invented by someone watching chickadees.
Haiku–Cawing Me Out
Two crows with a nest tell me they’ll peck my eyes out if I don’t move on. I say it’s okay and try to talk back to them. They do not listen. It’s not until I start laughing that they … Continue reading
Haiku–Community
I lean, very still. A young Junco, unaware, hops across my foot. Community is all of us, hearts in concert, living together. (dark-eyed junco: pacificnorthwestbirds.com; junco feeding cowbird: coastodian.org)
Haiku–The Full Robin
Impossibly fat, Robin waves her tail at me. Full of eggs, methinks. (robin: wallpaperest.com; eggs: flickr.com)
Haiku–Punk Bird
Steller’s jay squawking: the bird with a punk haircut lets me know he’s there. (top: en.wikipedia.org; bottom: blogs.evergreen.edu)
Haiku–Robin Greeting
Robin’s good morning greets the sky’s earliest light; darkness ebbs to grey. (left: iacmusic.com; right: imgarcade.com)