Archive for predator
December 22, 2010 at 10:50 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Birds of Prey, Haiku, Pigeons, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Winter and tagged: animal, bird, flight, hatchet, hawk, metaphor, pigeon, predator, prey, sharp shinned hawk
A flying hatchet:
The shape of the sharp-shinned hawk
Pursues the pigeons.
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December 15, 2010 at 10:21 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Birds of Prey, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Life and Death, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: bird, cardinal, claws, falcon, feathers, hawk, predator, prey, pun, red, snow, songbird, white, winter
Pierced by falcon claws
Red feathers on the white snow
A cardinal sin.
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November 12, 2010 at 11:09 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Birds of Prey, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Pastimes, Poetry, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: 3 word wednesday, 3ww, falcon, falconry, flight, haiku, hawk, human, pastime, peregrine falcon, predator, sports, winter
A swooping gesture:
The hawk’s immediate stoop,
Falconer’s treasure.
For 3 Word Wednesday
gesture, immediate, treasure
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October 16, 2010 at 7:25 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Birds of Prey, Dragonflies, Earth and Water (Chiri), Field, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko) and tagged: autumn, dragonfly, falcon, field, haiku, hawk, kestrel, meadow, poem, predator, prey
The red dragonfly
quarters an autumn meadow.
Snatch! – the kestrel’s claws.
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October 6, 2010 at 2:38 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Birds of Prey, Haiku, Pigeons, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Winter and tagged: autumn, birds, falcon, fall, haiku, hawk, nature, pigeon, poem, predator, prey, sparrow, winter
Pigeons and sparrows
Panic into whirling flocks
Pointed wings above.
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October 4, 2010 at 2:34 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Insects and Spiders, Ladybugs, Seasons (Jiko), Summer and tagged: bug, haiku, insect, ladybug, nature, poem, predator
Smooth-shelled hemisphere,
Candy-colored polka dots,
Beneath: the dark jaws.
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October 3, 2010 at 2:32 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Cats, Mammals, Poetry, Pseudohaiku and tagged: animal, cat, haiku, hunter, poem, predator, pseudohaiku, ship, simile
Ears stiff as sailcloth,
Whiskers poised like galley oars,
The hunter embarks.
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A Haiku Each Day 