Steam

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birds, frost, garden, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, sparrows, weather, wildlife

On watching

Frost bright on rooftops
sun’s beams bring steam from bare slates
sparrows ruffle plumes

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Wingtips 2

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birds, dance, haiku, nature, ornithology, passion, passionate, poetry, red kites, sky, tango, waltze, wildlife

On more kite watching

Kites still sky dancing
More a tango than a waltz
red bronze feathers flare

Wingtips

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beauty, birds, haiku, hawks, kites, nature, poem, poetry, raptors, sky, wildlife

Two red kites circle
almost wingtip to wingtip
elegance, beauty

Pop!

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birds, ducks, haiku, nature, ornithology, pochard, poetry, weather

lake calm as mirror
not a breath, tranquility
up pops a pochard

Bright

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birds, eyes, garden, glory, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry, wildlife

On watching one of nature’s glories

Leaves flipped by blackbird
looking for a tasty treat
such bright, golden eyes

Smile

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haiku, humour, memory, nature, poem, poetry, smiles, sunshine, weather

Summers’s dust has gone
oh, those happy, sun drenched days
remember her smile

Awakes

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dawn, haiku, nature, night, poem, poetry, weather

Night slips soft away
With neither fuss nor fanfare
languid dawn awakes

Patient

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fish, garden, goldfish, haiku, meditation, nature, patience, poem

unblinking eyes stare
goldfish in the garden pond
patient paddlers

Euphoria!

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birds, garden, haiku, nature, poetry, squirrels, wildlife

Such euphoria
my home made wildbird feeders
defeat the squirrels!

Thug

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haiku, nature, poem, poetry, storm, trees, weather, wind, winter

wind roars and rages
antisocial behaviour
kicks over dustbins

(and trees!)