swoop

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birds, death, Haiku, hawks, nature, poem, Poetry, sparrow

such a little death
though not, of course, for the mouse
sparrow hawk’s swift swoop

Yesterday I witnessed three sparrow hawk attacks within an hour; one unfortunate mouse, a somewhat plucked but fortunate collar dove and a lucky sparrow.

Cheep

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birds, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, sparrow

cool in the kitchen
the fridge chuckles to itself
outside, sparrows cheep

Tap

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birds, dance, fun, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

four manic magpies
trotting on a tin shed roof
tap dancing corvids

Peace

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birds, blackbird, evening, Haiku, meditation, nature, poem, Poetry

soft summer evening
the day pauses before night
blackbird’s song delights

Sunny

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birds, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, sparrows, summer

blackbird’s silver song

flight of dandelion seeds

erratic sparrows

Hunter

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birds, blackbirds, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

head to one side

a blackbird listens for worms

orange eyed, alert

skit

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birds, Haiku, hope, nature, poem, Poetry, swallow

hopes lift, skit skyward
as with a summer’s surprise
a swallow flies by

Today

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birds, Cymru, Haiku, nature, ornithology, osprey, poem, Poetry, wales

I watched two ospreys
newly arrived for the summer
soar over Welsh hills

pot

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birds, Haiku, jacdaw, nature, nest, poem, Poetry

a beak full of twigs
an inviting chimney pot
one happy jacdaw

Who?

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birds, Haiku, humor, humour, nature, poem, Poetry, tree

shadowed pine tree
hidden wood pigeon
Muttering