Best Jay Poems
F l y i n g
a sailing tailwind
through cerulean streams
and creamsicle colored beams—
are wings reflective
of the turquoise truth
and white purity
of Autumn’s ether
he aviates
a clear troposphere
riding an unbridled
capricious and combative
boreas
on the cusp
of a new season
with a plumage infusion
of shifting Cape Cod skies
the blue jay mixes hues
with the Northern azure
that fades to shades
of turmoil
to the South and East—
becoming lost
in its milky breadth
its lilting light
its dimming depths
where the edge of rustic rural
meets the sandy ridge of conifers—crooked
twisted and back-bent
from gales
of salt-sprayed sorcery
Canadian bluster-gusts
leading the charge
of a cold sapphire crest
is bedeviled
offshore
by the raw
tongue-lashing spin
of a brooding onshore flow
twirling
a brewing brawl
whirling
in slate pearlescent space
s w i r l i n g
with the dusky feistiness
of stormy petrels…
mobs of darkening fog
growing fatter
on summer’s fainty surrender—
leftover tints of tender cornflower
and hints of dainty dove
there’s a sparkle
in the eye of the storm…
his mischievous black gaze
mirrors
the harsh harbinger
of commotion
clash and change—
his piercing “jay-jay” jabs
the maddening mayhem
of menacing air
with an emerald-needled sharpness
of wind-weary pitch pines
anchoring
the beige of coastal dunes
where his refractive blues
take cover
in colorful contrast
ahead
of the bruising
October nor’easter
bright blue sapphire blinks
bejeweled midst blue spruce bush ...
blur blueberry sky
14 March 2022
Bird Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
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perched on a high tree
a blue jay lookout screeches ~
swift bristling of crests
[when blue jays feed in peace, their crests are lowered, but
become raised when danger is sensed.]
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Bird Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin
Placed 3rd
© 16th March 2022
Outside the fall is deep and new
Tangled branches on the trees
Are bare black but drifted white
Survivors of the wintry night,
Birds are perched by nature blended;
At intervals a few will fly.
A few will light beneath a weathered
Picnic table darting drilling
Sorting husks or hunting a nut
Some squirrel has hidden in a place
He only knows. Then on a stump
One whiskered fellow paws a fruit
And from above a pirate jay
Comes circling down so blue so bold
Pecks his tail then steals the gold.
a blue jay sitting
on a branch laden with fruit. . .
the dewormed apple
July 26, 2018
blue jay in the yard
boisterous and beautiful
prima donna act
May 9, 2020
~ Monotetra form ~
No man's eyes will ever conceive
the things another mind may weave
If this counsel you don't believe
You are naïve You are naïve
What lies behind a masked facade
is oft' unfit to praise and laud
Tread lightly when sipping pernod
Beware the fraud Beware the fraud
One cannot brush away with paint
the darkened soul that's ripe with taint
With deceivers do not acquaint
They ruse and feint They ruse and feint
From mesmeric masks turn away
Treacherous hearts tend to betray
A friend becomes a mocking jay
And you their prey And you their prey
You cannot lift the wicked veil
of the beast with forked tongue and tail
Though legions have tried to assail
To no avail To no avail
songbirds by default
corvids in indigo suits
screaming blue murder
05.08.2020
bluer than heaven
nature shamed sky to paint you ...
with such a proud brush
Written and submitted on May 13, 2020
For the "Haiku - Blue Jay" Poetry Contest
Tania Kitchin, Sponsor.
Along the feathered edge,the red sun sets,
Birds go back to their home like jets.
Sunflower loses sight of sun,
Animals sing lullabye to their son.
Sunset makes the sky go pink,
Its the most beautiful sight you could ever think.
All the flowers close their petals,
It is as good as song of beatles.
Sun has completely drowned,
You can hear crickets sound.
The still water of lake reflects the moon,
To be morning it is too soon.
The sun awakes from his long slumber,
He wants to eat a cucumber.
Jay makes his hounds,
Others respond to him with their shouts
Eurasian Jay says
much food in the right and left
Upthere so sweet fruits,
and neat pure water downthere
Thank you very much my God!
I love a good rhythimic beat
I can imitate a drum with the pounding of my feet
Whether it's rock & roll or rap
A stadium amp or a backwards cap
Any type of music makes me get out of my seat
Jay Z
Had no where to flee
When Beyonce's sister
Tried to kick his keister
BLUE JAY (Haiku)
fly fly away jay
blend on wing with april sky
so clear so blue flly!
the jay
a crisp call
seeks the water
drinks fill in one sip drops
bluejay
each day
a crisp call
until today
has he gone away now
blue blue