submerged

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birds, garden, haiku, migration, nature, ornithology, poetry, starlings

fresh in from the north
thousands, thousands of starlings
bird feeders submerged

Hiss

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birds, haiku, migration, nature, poetry, starlings, winter

thousands of starlings
the hiss of their frantic flight
home for the Winter

Cuckoo

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birds, cuckoo, haiku, Isle of Skye, migration, nature, ornithology, poetry, Scotland

On holiday

On the Isle of Skye
Some things are the same as home
Bilingual road signs

On the Isle of Skye
Clear, from a stand of green birch
Call of a cuckoo

Call of a cuckoo
Rings far across green hillsides
Everyone goes, ‘Ahh’

Spirits

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birds, haiku, migration, nature, poem, spirits, summer, swallows, weather, wildlife

Seen with my own eyes,
we have swallows, fine people.
Spirits of Summer.

roar!

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birds, haiku, migration, ornithology, poetry, starlings

wave upon wild wave
starlings return from the North
a roar overhead

exodus

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birdwatching, haiku, housemartins, migration, south, swallows, swifts

a wildlife message
my southern hemisphered friends
all swallows now gone

 

Arrivals

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birds, Capetown, haiku, migration, South Africa, swallows, wales

Hey, down in Capetown
The swallows are back in Wales
Thought I’d let you know

quiet

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birds, haiku, migration, mornings, seasons, songbirds, winter

without the songbirds
mornings are a dull affair
seasonal silence

Travellers

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birds, Capetown, haiku, migration, South Africa, swallows, wales, Welsh

Hey there, in Capetown

Keep an eye out for swallows

Arriving from Wales

Migration,

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autumn, birds, emigrants, haiku, house martins, migration, ornithology, seasons, South Africa, swallows, veldt, wildlife

Swallows and martins

Screaming over the village

South Africa calls