Sunday, January 1, 2017

TANKA for January

breaking
the ice so birds
that gather can drink
on this sunny New Year's
morning [2016]
~~~

ice-covered birdbath
now thawed--two sparrows
and two redbirds bathing
another redbird
playing the bully [2016]
~~~

first week
of the new year
scouring for roadside trash
I discover
five quince blooms [2007]
~~~

mockingbird
lunches
on beautyberries
until a bluejay
flies in, "yawp"s [2015]
~~~

cardinal
piercing the thin ice
of the birdbath
as the only seed diner
he eats greedily . . . then flies
[2007]
~~~
~~~
c 2017 PL

1 comment:

  1. Thank you, Pat. Looking at the world through poetic vision, while the rest of us were simply gliding along aimlessly.

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