hunter

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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!

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

trained

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birds, blackbird, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

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

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