A crow caws its lone callhigh in a tree across the street, two crows in that tree stay silentas their friend calls outin a five-caw measure A new crow flies in from behind melands on a branch beside the caw-crow,another alights in the caucus of crowsnow five crows hang out in the tree The caw-crow … More Awesome
Fog muddled boundaries between lake and sky. Six mallards, dark specks on the grey lake, chattered in a group; one lone male sat on the far side of the path. Blackbirds squawked, sparrows chirped; all obscured by the grey above. In the fervor of this curious weather, the lake was alive with fowl exhortation. A … More Misty Morn
Pull on the layers of living like fine new garments The world feels, for this moment, bathed in grace Wild things do not tax their lives with forethought The spring is signaled by birdsong With the ruffling of throat feathers Be the very hero of birds Darling, you are part of this wild design Remember … More Under Birdsong [cento]
Two sandhill cranes graced my yardPranced their annual gift, unruffledKnees high with each graceful stepBeaks uplifted in stately postureWere they parading their beauty for me? No, mating season trek The NaPoWriMo prompt today was to write in the poetic form of sijo. I used poetic license to play around with the syllables a bit. Photo … More Annual Gift
Cardinal in the garden Blue jay in the dogwood Cardinal flies to a maple branch Her mate joins her from nowhere Jay disappears into oak leaves Woodpecker appears on a tree trunk I have no control over when Life swoops in and out of my window view I also have no control over when Conditions … More Swoop
Birds of color fill my yard cardinals blue jays goldfinches coexisting in canopy foliage Jays aren’t brutal to finches because their feathers are not blue Cardinals don’t murder jays because their feathers are not red We could learn much from the birds Photo from Pixabay
I sat in the glider outside this morning To begin my meditation Birds’ songs and squawks filled the air A single feather rocked back and forth As it journeyed from a tall tree To land on the glider beside me It was not symmetrical Yet was still in good shape Blue and white tipped in … More Feather
Taking a break from work I watch a gathering of crows in the oak outside my window They fly together in unison caw to the passing clouds, jockey for best position on the oak’s bare branches Then one by one they fly away their caucus must be over as is my break from work … More The Cawcus
Outside my window a little bird’s tiny chirp leaves me with a smile “Be! Be! Be!” is her mantra “Here! Here! Here!” is my response We repeat our chants until this Buddha spirit lifts her wings in flight I made up the term “tanku” because this poem is made up of a tanka followed … More Meditation Mantra [tanku]
Layers of birdsong Emerge as rain subsides Then comes rain again A cool breeze brushes my face My cells sing to the zephyr Original photo by LuAnne Holder Transient
Wind Rush 