intelligent eyes
watch tourists enjoy salmon
until winter comes
brave wings push into snowstorm
heart of alaskan spirit
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raven
03 Nov 2025 4 Comments
in tanka Tags: alaska, bird, Raven, snowstorm, winter
jet setter
08 Mar 2021 11 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bird, common swift
the Common Swift is
uncommonly swift &
flies at amazing speeds
higher than high in
azure atmosphere
nary a nap ever needs
from Scandinavia to
to the sub-Sahara,
migrating as it feeds
stays in the air
with nary a care
pausing only to breed.
image by Carl Bovis, courtesy of Sarah at dVerse poets pub
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-common-swift-new-record-holder-longest-uninterrupted-flight
joy of morning
28 Oct 2019 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: bird, human, joy, morning, whistling
curious fellow
wonders at human whistling
do you have birdseed?
hope is eternal
30 Jan 2017 2 Comments
in tanka, Uncategorized Tags: bird, garden, life, neighbor, pond, stones
quiet stones by pond
ornamental trees blossom
bird chirps inside bush
remember neighbor who’s gone
…resurrected to new life!
While on vacation (visiting a Japanese garden in Hermann Park, Houston), we learn of a neighbor, Loren Meyer’s, sudden passing…
a poem in my pocket 
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