Euphoria!

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

Such euphoria
my home made wildbird feeders
defeat the squirrels!

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Plump

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apples, birds, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, seasons, song thrush, wildlife, winter

song thrush looking good
plump with ripe, fallen apples
empty boughs, winter

Tumbler

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birds, clouds, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry, raven, seasons, weather, wildlife, wind, winter

On watching nature’s drama

Swirling grey clouds race
Raven rides a wild west wind
Such tumbles and twists

Bounty

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birds, gardening, haiku, nature, photography, poetry, summer, wales, weather, wildlife, winter

Remnants of summer
sunflower seeds and apples
bounty for songbirds

sun fun

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bathing, birdbath, birds, fun, garden, haiku, nature, poetry, sunshine, wildlife

Bird bath eruption
sparkling droplets fly high
screaming sparrows splash

 

Beware

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animals, cats, death, haiku, lilies, Lilly, loss, nature, poetry, poison, toxic, wildlife

On hearing a neighbour’s dilemma

Elegant lilies
such innocent assassins
poisonous to cats

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.

Bruised

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beauty, camellia, flowers, garden, haiku, loss, nature, poetry, rain, spring, weather, wildlife

bruised by springtime rains
delicate camellia
brief lives cut so short

Unblinking

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birds, haiku, jackdaw, nature, sparrows, wildlife

Unblinking blue eyes
impeccable black plumage
jacdaw scares sparrows

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