Drifting Awake » birds http://www.richardfarrell.com Ripples from a little-boat life Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:43:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 street life http://www.richardfarrell.com/2010/05/street-life/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2010/05/street-life/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 15:12:04 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=4084

Berkeley sidewalk
munching on french fries –
grizzled crow

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twilight –
birds, even the crows,
begin their lullaby

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everyday the doves come by to visit,
lured by scattered seed,
a small gift for the guests

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now playing,
birdsong at dusk
music on the livingnet

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laughing in the garden,
blue jay pecking at his feet –
old wooden Budai

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low over the valley,
honking geese,
blossoms of fall

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hopping from the arbor up the roof
grape thief jay
flies prize away

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102 in the evening shade –
birdsong welcomes night
slowly, softly

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garden yin, garden yang
doves and jays
pecking at scattered seed

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dilapidated birdbath
a flash, a splash –
a bird

with apologies to Bashō and his old pond

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everyday pine-top crow
takes the high ground
caws out to the world

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sundown –
a confusion of crows,
the cawcawphony begins

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sleek jay eyes scattered seed . . .
eyes me eyeing him . . .
sprints to fence, to tree . . .

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pine-top crow
gazes into distance empty,
flies off

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bare branches soak in silence
broken once only
by the cry of a crow

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