Birds, birds, birds! --poems

"You fellows go on
I'll rest here on this rock
a little longer."
--penguin, photo, AD-G
S. Breidenthal


two juvies--
father bluebird
shows them how to drink


splashing each other
Fluffy Sparrow
and Mr. Redbird


Two Trips with Warm Water
Liquid
in the birdbath
surrounds the plate of ice
beneath. February's sunshine
welcome.


mid-February
the gray bird I can't name
eating despite the rain

drenched mother redbird
on the icy limb . . . no food
she joins the robins


seagull on the sand
even when waves lap
through its feet
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PL