Fly

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birds, cats, Haiku, poem, Poetry

Terrified, they flew
Steering from the golden eyes
New cat on the block

Gripe

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Haiku, magpie, nature, poem, Poetry, wildlife

First bird of the day
Unhappy, rain wrecked magpie
Corvid with a gripe

Owls

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owls, poem, Poetry, Quatrain

preferring the company of owls
he slept most mornings
his boots drying under the stairs
leaf mold littering the hall mat

Outing

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birds, haiga, nature, owls, photo, photography, poem, Poetry, vole, wildlife

Field vole’s first outing
A different perspective 
An owl’s point of view 

Fall

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birds, blood, Haiku, poem, Poetry

Blood on a white wing
Somebody thought it sporting
That fall to the ground

Lift

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Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, ravens

Atavistic joy
Raven’s spiralled flight lifts me
I stretch on tip toes

Wings

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buzzard, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

buzzard on a breeze
a bargain with gravity
don’t overthink things

Trim

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birds, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, sparrows

Trimming the beech hedge
Sparrows watch from the rooftop
Winter roost worries

Robbed

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Haiku, lackbird, nature, poem, Poetry, theft, thrush, worm

Blackbird mugs a thrush
Avian mobster steals worm
From briefly filled beak

Mad

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birds, cats, Haiku, magpies, nature, poem, Poetry

Magpies being thugs
Strut and hassle the two cats
Mesmerised and mad