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Bird Special Feature Day 23

a wagtail

bobs his way along the stream

I envy

such avid concentration

on the industry of life

Michele L. Harvey

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Bird Special Feature Day 22

mountainside

a black cockatoo’s

piercing call

who would I be if

we’d never left the forest?

Jan O’Loughlin

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Bird Special Feature Day 21

with one good squeeze

a white dove

flies

out of his blackhead

out of my dream

Mary Davila

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Bird Special Feature Day 20

a myna bird

poos on my notebook…

perhaps

today’s writing

lacks inspiration

Gerry Jacobson

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Bird Special Feature Day 19

streamside

hunting for heron nests . . .

a fisherman

snorts and mutters

“I hate those birds”

Susan Weaver

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Bird Special Feature Day 18

 

waking

to the leafy notes

of a honeyeater

the garden

infused with spring

 

Lorraine Haig

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Bird Special Feature Day 17

linden trees

splashed with sunlight

here and there

a few leaves turning

into yellow warblers

Debbie Strange

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Bird Special Feature Day 16

 

spotting

a modest sparrow

bathing in a puddle

the birder

turns his back

Rick Jackofsky

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Bird Special Feature Day 15

even elms refuse

to admire their reflections

on this downcast day

I rejoice in the contented

dabbling of ducks

Michelle Brock

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Bird Special Feature Day 14

a chill slips

into the motel room

in dim light

a seagull's cries wake me

to this emptiness

Chen-ou Liu

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Bird Special Feature Day 13

I want to live my life

with the lightest touch . . .

a great blue heron

lifts from the marsh

to the realm of moonlight

Dru Philippou

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Bird Special Feature Day 12

an owl hoots

to claim his territory . . .

tonight

he gently puts his arm

around me

Christine L. Villa

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Bird Special Feature Day 11

the witches

that couldn’t

change back

when magic ended -

harpy eagles

Susan Burch

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Bird Special Feature Day 10

on a bluff

above the sea

a heron

staring at me like a wizard

wrapped in fog and mystery

David Lee Hill

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Bird Special Feature Day 9

as if on cue

all the Charlie Chaplin

impersonators turn

and waddle away —

the Antarctic chill

John Tehan

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Bird Special Feature Day 8

filming that scene

for five grueling days

one hopes

Tippi found time

to flip Hitch the bird

David Terelinck

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Bird Special Feature Day 7

the crow's caw

settling in the marrow

of my bones

for once I understand

the dark side within me

Lafcadio

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