Faint

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beauty, birds, birdsong, dream, haiku, poem, poetry, valley, wildlife

Spring, on a hilltop
birdsong lifts from the valley
faint, as in a dream

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.

Shivers

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birdsong, cold, haiku, harmony, poem, poetry, seasons, starlings, sunshine, weather, winter

Birdsong in sunshine

Starlings’ disjointed whistles

East wind brings shivers

morning

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birdsong, blackbird, dawn, haiku, nature, orison, prayer, voice

grey silk morning mist
solitary silver voice
blackbird’s orison

still

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birdsong, blackbirds, dawn, haiku, morning, nature, waking

I wake, it’s still dark
tangible silence still, dark
blackbird summons dawn

How does it happen?
Wake up thinking of haiku
Time to get out more

 

 

Hedge sparrow

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birdsong, blackthorn, dunnock, haiku, nature, ornithology, songbird, wildlife

Bird in a blackthorn
Prunella modularis
beautiful dunnock

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early

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birds, birdsong, dawn, haiku, humour, morning

as night hints at grey
the single ‘peep’ of a bird
must be too early

birdsong

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birds, birdsong, haiku, nature, ornithology, peace, summer, wildlife

Calmest of evenings
clear voices fill the soft air
five blackbirds compete

6:21 am

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birds, birdsong, dawn, haiku, morning, nature, wildlife

with a few clear notes
a blackbird opens the day
silver loveliness

 

chirpy

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birds, birdsong, haiku, mist weather, pine tree, sparrow, wildlife

 

small, in a pine tree
a lone sparrow in the mist
chirps a two note song