Snack

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haiku, hawk, nature, poem, poetry, raptors, sparrows, tragic

Six fledgling sparrows
perch unheeding on shed roof
Quick snack for a hawk

bed day

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cold, haiku, seasons, sparrows, weather

North wind whistling
One of those ‘stay in bed’ days
Sparrows hide in pines

soggy

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birds, flowers, garden, haiku, nature, poetry, seasons, sparrows, summer, sunflowers, weather, wildlife

soggy sunflowers
not impressed by summer rain
bedraggled sparrows

Family

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birds, dynamics, family, feeding, haiku, humour, people, sparrows

Watching sparrows feed

Same family dynamics 

Kids scream, parents flap

cold snap

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birds, haiku, nature, seasons, sparrows, spring, weather

sudden storm of hail
now, at the end of April
sparrows not impressed

times

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haiku, life, lives, memories, sparrows, time

memories form, fade
flick like sparrows in life’s eaves
seasons quickening

Sneeze dust

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allergies, haiku, hay fever, nature, pollen, sparrows, spring, wildlife

sparrows land in pines
shaking out clouds of pollen
soft golden sneeze dust

shadows

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birds, cats, haiku, hunters, nature, shadows, sparrows, wildlife

Beneath the lilac
golden eyes watch for small birds.
Cats make good shadows.