Evening

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birds, birdsong, blackbirds, Jupiter, nature, poetry, stars, tanka, Venus

On enjoying a quiet moment
(Tanka)

Pale blue evening, stars
Venus and Jupiter shine
before moon rises.
A blackbird, the last songbird’s
sweet voice in the fading light.

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Cheers!

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birds, choughs, coast, corvids, fun, haiku, ornithology, poetry, sea, waves

On bird watching

Six choughs twist and turn
Crash of white waves cheers them on
Fun at the seaside

Spirits

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birds, haiku, migration, nature, poem, spirits, summer, swallows, weather, wildlife

Seen with my own eyes,
we have swallows, fine people.
Spirits of Summer.

Optimist

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birds, haiku, humour, internet, nature, poetry, telephone, woodpecker

Such optimism
Woodpecker, telephone pole
That’s my internet!

Unblinking

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birds, haiku, jackdaw, nature, sparrows, wildlife

Unblinking blue eyes
impeccable black plumage
jacdaw scares sparrows

Disagree

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birds, garden, haiku, nature, poetry, seasons, spring, weather, winter

A beautiful day,

snow and ice not withstanding.

Wild birds disagree

‘Not withstanding’, an odd term, I think.

glow

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birds, haiku, poem, robin, snow, weather, winter

Reduced to mono

snow covered trees and hedges

robin’s red breast glows

Softly now

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birds, calm, frost, haiku, nature, night, owls, peace, poetry

A brine of fresh frost

Mooned night echoes to owl calls

My thoughts settle

Miserable

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birds, black, corvid, Crow, haiku, nature, poem, sadness

On hearing a lone corvid

Fed up with all black

Shoulders hunched, notes of despair

Disconsolate crow

beauty

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birds, haiku, nature, poetry, snipe, snow, snowfall, weather

Outside, dusk, snow falls
such a harsh, sublime beauty
ten jack snipe fly by