Dash

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cats, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, sparrows

from the fuchsia bush
a quick volley of sparrows
unsuccessful cat

Bounty

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acorns, berries, birds, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

Strictly for the birds
Berries bright and beautiful
A fall of acorns

Tea

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birds, buzzard, Haiku, nature, poem, rabbit, wildlife

from her pole top perch
buzzard waited and watched
a rabbit for tea?

Bicker

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birds, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, sparrows, weather

nine fluffed up sparrows
bicker beneath a box hedge
shelter from the rain

View

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birds, buzzard, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

high on a thermal
a solitary buzzard
imagine the view

Handy

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nature, nests, poem, Poetry, wool

Barbed wire fences
Clumps of wool
Sure to come in handy
For all those nests next Spring

Dropped

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apples, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, windfall

Strong breeze from the south
windfall of ripe red apples
ecstatic blackbirds

Coo

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calm, Haiku, memories, pigeon, poem, Poetry

Outside the window
Hear the pigeon’s measured coo
Childhood memories

Spill

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birds, black, Haiku, light, nature, poem, Poetry, rook, took, wildlife

With steel blue splendour
Light spills across cave black wings
Rook’s sun shot plumage

Chat

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birds, gossip, Haiku, jacdaws, nature, poem, Poetry

Before the day’s work
Jackdaws gather in the elm
Good time for gossip