Comfort

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blackthorn, comfort, haiku, horse, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, spring, trees, weather, wildlife

devoid of comfort
two horses stand head to tail
blackthorn blossoms, Spring

Petals

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blackthorn, haiku, petals, poem, poetry, snow, spring, weather

Bright April morning
Sudden flurry of snowflakes
Blackthorn petals fly

wary

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birdwatching, blackthorn, haiku, hawk, nature, ornithology, photograph, photography, sparrow

In her blackthorn tree
sparrow enjoys morning sun
wary eye for hawk

The Voice

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birds, blackthorn, european robin, haiku, robin, songbird

hidden in blackthorn
a song celebrates the day
robin’s voice returned

shaped

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blackthorn, blossom, coast, haiku, poem, wind

shaped by the west wind
waves of white blackthorn blossom
sweep up the cliff face

 

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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cold comfort

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birds, blackthorn, comfort, haiku, seasons, starlings, weather, winter

vague, hunched shapes gather
birds huddle in a blackthorn
feather capes drawn close

snatched

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birds, blackthorn, finch, haiku, nature, sparrow hawk, wild bird, wildlife

as i watch them feed,
quick sparrow hawk takes a finch
perched in a blackthorn