Archive for songbird
April 29, 2011 at 12:22 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Spring, Time of Year, Trees and tagged: bird, birdsong, blue, bud, bunting, color, gem, haiku, indigo bunting, poem, postaday2011, sapphire, simile, song, songbird, spring, tree
Bluer than sapphire
Singing from a budding tree
Indigo bunting.
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April 9, 2011 at 10:46 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Spring, Time of Year and tagged: bird, haiku, hermit thrush, poem, postaday2011, song, songbird, thrush
Ethereal song
Liquid notes that spiral up
Vanish into air.
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March 16, 2011 at 8:25 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Spring, Time of Year and tagged: bird, color, haiku, poem, postaday2011, robin, russet, song, songbird
Waterfalls of song
Splendid in his russet vest
First robin of spring.
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February 17, 2011 at 10:56 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Climate, Haiku, Heat, Morning, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Spring, Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: animal, bird, cardinal, haiku, morning, poem, postaday2011, song, songbird, spring, warm, winter
Warm winter morning
Cardinals tricked into song
Believing in spring.
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January 20, 2011 at 11:46 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Time of Year, Trees, Winter and tagged: animal, bird, cardinal, color, plant, postaday2011, red, song, songbird, tree, winter
Scarlet cardinal
The bright heart of a bare tree
Throbbing with a song.
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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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October 28, 2010 at 4:48 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Life and Death, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Summer, Time of Year and tagged: bird, death, haiku, human, life, memory, mockingbird, nature, song, songbird, summer, whistle
The old mockingbird
Still imitates his whistle –
How many summers?
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October 18, 2010 at 7:24 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Birds, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Leaves, Pastimes, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Songbirds, Trees and tagged: autumn, bird, birdwatching, color, haiku, leaves, maple, pastime, poem, songbird, tree, warbler, yellow
Yellow in yellow
Warbler among maple leaves
Quick! Which just fluttered?
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A Haiku Each Day 