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Blackbird
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Tersab Jibs
| Prose |
blackbird, animal, bird, dark, emotions,
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Blackbird
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Kevin Shaw
| Haiku |
blackbird, bird, song, sweet,
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A July dawn
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Viv Wigley
| Sonnet |
blackbird, summer, sun,
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Summer Rispetto
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Nina Parmenter
| Rispetto |
blackbird, children, fun, garden, summer,
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Lovely Display of Wings
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Christopher Russon
| ABC |
blackbird, inspirational, uplifting,
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Howard The Mallard
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Jack Ellison
| Rhyme |
blackbird, fantasy,
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haikai - Nineseventeen PM
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Mick Talbot
| Haiku |
blackbird, nature,
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haibun - REFLECTION
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Mick Talbot
| Haibun |
blackbird, nature,
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Imperfectly Perfect
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Paulette Meso
| Prose |
blackbird, courage, depression, emotions, encouraging,
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haikai - ANOTHER DAY IN MY GARDEN
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Mick Talbot
| Haiku |
blackbird, nature,
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SUMMER HAS ARRIVED
by JAN ALLISON
Summer is here - how I love this time of year! My garden’s filled with sweet scented wallflowers and pretty pansies. Vibrant butterflies are...
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Haibun |
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Categories:
blackbird, bird, butterfly, flower, garden,
My Garden - Dawn til Dusk
by Mick Talbot
haikai
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the buddleia
a diurnal kingdom...
butterfly courts
a coronation
the orb brightest of orange...
painted lady crowned
bees flowerflies wasps
most grateful to their host...
the gardener
nocturnal bats moths
hedgehogs if lucky a...
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Haiku |
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Categories:
blackbird, nature,
Passerine Sentry
by Kim Rodrigues
perched on purple coneflower, red-winged blackbird darkens nest
5/31/2018
*darkens - makes less clear
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Monoku |
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Categories:
blackbird, bird,
A half hour garden safari recorded in haiku
by Mick Talbot
haiku
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a fledgeling starling
came to the pond to quench thirst
a koi carp jumped
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no butterflies
a white tailed bumblebee queen
mint moths abundant
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hen blackbird
feeding newly hatched chicks
wasps succumbed to...
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Haiku |
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Categories:
blackbird, nature,
haiku
by Mick Talbot
the spirit of fall
lifted unseen hands wafting
a grateful blackbird...
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Haiku |
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Categories:
blackbird, autumn, nature,
Red-winged Blackbird
by Dennis Spilchuk
Red-winged Blackbird
Look! there in the bulrushes,
Perched at an angle
To the reed,
Is the Red-winged Blackbird,
Keeping a close watch
On his territory.
How do I know it’s a...
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Verse |
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Categories:
blackbird, bird, environment, flying, nature,
AN ALFRED DORN SONNET - I FEEL NATURE
by Mick Talbot
I FEEL NATURE
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I feel nature, it's part of my being.
A cock blackbird soloist, what a joy.
The tiny Jeny wren throughout the day.
Nature's turned it's volume...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
blackbird, nature,
haibun
by Mick Talbot
AT ONE WITH NATURE
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The sun shines, brightly lights my day. My garden verdant many hues of green. Greater speedwell, resilient, blooms no matter the season....
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Haibun |
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Categories:
blackbird, garden, nature,
My Other Life
by Mick Talbot
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fluffy, floating clouds dappling blue sky.
Wordsworth’s inspiration, mine parks
my precious muse too, inspire my poetry.
to wander through my local park,
either in the day, or...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
blackbird, life, nature,
Haiku
by Susan Palli
orange beaked blackbird
singing tunes atop tall pine
inspires violin
May 13, 2018...
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Haiku |
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Categories:
blackbird, beauty, creation, inspiration,
3 Perspectives
by Matt Caliri
I.
The red winged blackbird knows how hard it is for me to connect with humans.
But I can still share my joy over this bird...
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blackbird, perspective,
04-22-18 - A haiku ANTHOLOGY
by Mick Talbot
mallards... a pair
koi carp can't compete... duck feet
strang orange shapes
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sunshine... summertime
fickle spring... climate changing
muted cuckoos
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Jenny wren... begging
let summer have its way
seasons confound spring
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first orange...
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Categories:
blackbird, nature,
HAUNTED
by nette onclaud
Blackbird of omen drawls in trembled heaves
Across spoilt air, near an empty farmhouse,
Where a lone keeper plucks blooms and young leaves
Arranging them on the mead's...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
blackbird, mystery, riddle,
haigai - FREEZING SPRING
by Mick Talbot
flies out sunning
stunning spring weather... cold kills
feed garden wildlife
warm... freezing cold
resilient are daffodils
built-in antifreeze...
koi still not feeding
hiding frog surprises all
a puffed up Robin
northeast... grey clouds...
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Categories:
blackbird, nature,
Ebony Calls - Collaboration With Heidi Sands
by Joseph May
Haunted by a black bird sitting in a tree
Gray clouds swirling are all I can see
Confusion is wrapped up in a...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
blackbird, bird, dream, snow, winter,
Haiku - Senryu Comments
by Mick Talbot
Inspired by Jan Allison:
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HAIKU
oft my morning call...
birds in the warmer months... sing...
my natural alarm...
your haiku on my shoulder...
your blackbird... softly chirps......
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Haiku |
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Categories:
blackbird, nature,
Frank and Rose
by T.I.R.O. JY
This is the story of Frank and Rose
Frank would seem an odd man
Rose was just Rose
They didn't have much money but valued each-other more than...
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Prose Poetry |
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blackbird, for her, for him,
Present Perfect 2
by Geoffrey Brewer
PAST HISTORIC
Others have come
I have kept the memory
She with the bright eager face and wisdom beyond her age
He in the body of a boy but...
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Elegiac Lyric |
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blackbird, memory, school, teacher,
Snapshot Of My Garden
by vince gullaci
The wild blackbird
had a huge wound
where feathers should be
on his back
was his attacker
a once friendly beak
a bat
or maybe even a cat
the little bird
lay on his...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
blackbird, nature,
WINTER BLUES
by Mick Talbot
HOW TO ADVOID THE WINTER BLUES
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a glorious sunny winters day!
so baltic cold indoors I stay.
on my south facing living room wall
a lively midday Chrismas ball
shadows...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
blackbird, bird, blue, nature, weather,