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Blush

03 Thursday Feb 2022

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

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blackbird, Haiku, poem, Poetry, weather

dawn, a blush of clouds
lifting from a hedge of beech
blackbirds silver songs

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hunter

15 Sunday Aug 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in ., Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

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birds, blackbird, garden, Haiku, hunting, nature, poem, Poetry

landing with a bounce
blackbird hunting for his lunch
head to one side, pounce!

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Peace

15 Tuesday Jun 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, nature, photography, poem

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

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

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trained

24 Wednesday Feb 2021

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, humour, poem, Poetry

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birds, blackbird, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

blackbird calls for lunch
her bright orange eye demands
she has me well trained

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Contrary

27 Monday Apr 2020

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

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

today’s cold weather
an April contrariness
blackbird keeps singing

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Battle cry

21 Tuesday Apr 2020

Posted by Bill Bisgood in haiga, Haiku, music, nature, photo, photography, poem, Poetry

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

beautiful music
Blackbird sings his battle cry
Intruders beware

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Warble

23 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by Bill Bisgood in Haiku, nature, photography, poem, Poetry

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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

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Brood

25 Thursday Apr 2019

Posted by Bill Bisgood in ., Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

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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

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Shiver

18 Thursday Apr 2019

Posted by Bill Bisgood in ., Blogs I Like, Haiku, poem, Poetry, weather

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

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

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Killing

18 Sunday Feb 2018

Posted by Bill Bisgood in ., Blogs I Like, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

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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

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