What's gotten into the crows? Why are they so noisy?

505 Spring St., Eureka Springs in October - PL

 

fishing off the dock

taking time

to clear her mind

 

[picture: M.S. Gerrits, AD-G]

~~

 

she buys

a high-waisted panty shaper

and a candy bar

~~

baby bumblebee

visits

dianthus

and wandering jew

blossoms

~~

on the porch

waiting

for the promised rain

~~

crows

behind me

speaking

in long

sentences

~~

robins

involved

in something

upsetting or exciting

making plans

to migrate?

or protesting

the obnoxious

crows?

~~



c 2014, Pat Laster dba lovepat press 



One-twelfth of the new year gone already

sweeping the rug
one long cat whisker
and then another
~~

before tonight's freeze
plucking four inch-high buds
of daffodils
~~

graveside service
momentarily halted
two geese fly over
~~

TANKA

5 degrees outside
55 inside, with ice
on the thin windows
   layered and lap-robed
   I watch birds out in the sun
~~

blackbirds in the yard
pecking among the crisp leaves
robins on the roof
~~

cat wiggling
through the barely-open door--
below freezing
~~

c 2014, PL lovepat press

A poetic bow to the birds

CINQUAIN

Bright blue
wings flutter from
wire to the greening grass.
It's rare to see a bluebird, so
I watch.
~~~

HAIKU

male cardinal bathes
in the fresh water ... three ... four
sparrows join him
~~~

CINQUAIN

Between
the noise of cars,
I hear a woodpecker,
spring peepers and a gentle wind-
chime tone.
~~~

CINQUAIN

Mocker
at the birdbath;
flies two feet to the bush
of beautyberries. Inside, my
nose drips.
~~~

HAIKU

college's spring break
only a team of robins
on the baseball field
(published in Haiku Headlines, 2003)
~~~

HAIKU

the flock of blackbirds
down the street just yesterday
now in my backyard
(published in the Premier edition of Hermitage [Romania] 2004)
~~~

c 2012 by Pat Laster dba lovepat press