Archive for Birds
April 5, 2013 at 9:05 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Buildings, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Spring, Time of Year
Ersatz harbingers
Starlings imitate robins
Over city streets.
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February 20, 2013 at 8:56 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Field, Grass, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Rain, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Waterfowl, Weather, Winter
Rainy winter day
Geese stand like statues of geese
On the sodden lawn.
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January 28, 2013 at 11:47 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Climate, Clouds, Cold, Haiku, Poetry, Seabirds, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Year, Weather, Winter
The first flakes of snow
Stitched on a gray quilt of sky
Gulls soar silently.
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January 27, 2013 at 10:00 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Birds of Prey, Buildings, Evening, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day
Peregrine falcon
Perched on a skyscraper ledge
Dusk falls down the streets.
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January 7, 2013 at 8:24 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Time of Year, Trees, Weather, Winter
Ice on the sidewalks
A discarded Christmas tree
Shelters the sparrows.
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December 2, 2012 at 11:23 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Fruit, Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Leaves, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Time of Year, Trees, Winter
Early Christmas treats
Red finches pluck the berries
From a holly wreath.
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October 4, 2012 at 10:58 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Technology, Time of Year, Water, Waterfowl
Flat silver river
Smooth as an unstruck nickel
Two gray geese descend.
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September 30, 2012 at 12:14 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Earth and Water (Chiri), Evening, Haiku, Mammals, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year, Water
Evening ritual
Egrets follow the cattle
Down to the river.
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September 27, 2012 at 9:01 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Fruit, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Time of Year
Ripe nightshade berries
Robins stain their yellow bills
With bright crimson juice.
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September 24, 2012 at 10:43 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Celestial, Climate, Clouds, Cold, Haiku, Morning, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year, Weather
Cloudless, cold morning
Crows in threes and fours and twos
Crack the crystal sky.
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A Haiku Each Day 