Contrary

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birds, blackbird, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, weather

today’s cold weather
an April contrariness
blackbird keeps singing

Battle cry

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birds, blackbird, haiga, haiku, nature, photo, photography, poem, poetry

beautiful music
Blackbird sings his battle cry
Intruders beware

Warble

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birds, blackbird, garden, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry

common blackbird (Turdus merula)

garden visitor
his voice a golden warble
beautiful blackbird

Brood

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birds, blackbird, brood, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry

birdsong scarce today
blackbird has a hungry brood
her beak full of worms

Shiver

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birds, blackbird, clematis, haiku, nature, poetry, weather

blackbird sings, beauty
clematis turns to the sun
cool breeze, a shiver

Killing

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blackbird, death, european blackbird, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, violence, wildlife

On seeing a killing

two blackbirds compete
silent fury, sharp beaked murder
no quarter, just death

morning

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

grey silk morning mist
solitary silver voice
blackbird’s orison

shrill

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blackbird, death, drama, european blackbird, haiku, mist, nature, weather

 

Through the morning mist
The shrill cry of a blackbird
Feather on the breeze

Blackbird

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birds, blackbird, haiku, nature, seasons, songbirds, spring, wildlife

 

golden eyed blackbird
nemesis of garden worms
voice of spring mornings

 

feathers

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blackbird, funny, garden, haiku, humr, wildlife, worms

Pulling at a worm
hen blackbird staggers backwards
Comedy of feathers