Fog and Water
...Fog over the inlet
until water and air waltz together.
colds ears muffled by the dank air.
Grebes and Coots colonize this tributary.
The ocean is close
you can feel the tidal pull of it
the imm...
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Categories:
grebes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Environmental shots
...Unique
Elite swimmer
brown, tailless, Pied-billed Grebes
can float, dive or simply submerge
graceful
dark eyes
cinnamon tone
heard but not often seen
rear end feet, lobed toes, poor flier
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Categories:
grebes, bird,
Form: Cinquain
Loch Ba
...With clouds dispersing above Loch Ba,
to where would we go? And just how far?
We followed the track for more than two hours
listening to birds enjoying the flowers:
meadow pippit, willow warbler ...
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Categories:
grebes, bird, flower, nature, tree,
Form: Verse
Quality Time
...Family of great
The crested grebes foraging
Frolicking the lake....
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Categories:
grebes, beauty, bird, engagement, nature,
Form: Haiku
Milt's Sanctuary
...Worshipping in Nature's Sanctuary
by L. Milton Hankins
Johnny-Jump-Ups nestle into the forest floor mosses,
Along with dainty Jack-in-the-Pulpits hiding beneath
The larger fronds of swam...
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Categories:
grebes, nature, spiritual,
Form: Blank verse
Inlet
...Fog slow-dances over the inlet
until water and air waltz together.
My ears are muffled
in the dawn mizzle.
Grebes and Coots colonize this tributary,
gulls just visit, as I do.
A person cou...
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Categories:
grebes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Grebes Family
...Teal waves sway slowly
Bracing cool flowers lily;
Floating on a fresh lily pad
Relishes a cute little toad;
Angels dance near the edges
Oh! white reeds frame hedges;
Amidst this ...
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Categories:
grebes, animal, beautiful, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Worshipping In Nature's Sanctuary
...Johnny-Jump-Ups nestle into the forest floor mosses,
Along with dainty Jack-in-the-Pulpits hiding beneath
The larger fronds of swampy ferns soaking up moisture
From the dew-laden flowe...
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Categories:
grebes, inspirational, nature, paradise, peace,
Form: Blank verse
Fog and Water
...Fog slow-dances over the inlet
until water and air waltz together.
Too early to tell
if any birds are awake
besides, my ears are muffled in the wet air.
Grebes and Coots colonize this tributary,...
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Categories:
grebes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Hooked
...Escapism beside the water’s edge, as misty dawn awakes
Great crested grebes, dressed to impress, elegantly pass me by ~
I took the bait – gullibly distracted from encroaching on their morning fea...
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Categories:
grebes, bird, fishing, nature,
Form: Sijo
Angels In Clouds
...Today I found myself at a favorite cafe quite by accident
A little place of rough hewn benches placed
At the edge of the sea
All bent
The windows were shuttered and closed but I sat
Welcomed ...
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Categories:
grebes, angel, peace, storm,
Form: Free verse
Rhonda's Dance
...We met at the beach again this morning.
You asked me to come early, before work. "
Oh, I don't mind that," I answered.
Though I did wonder why the time changed.
For five years now,
it has ...
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Categories:
grebes, death, grief,
Form: Free verse
Birder's Lament
...With the river finally free
the birders in their migration
collect along the shore
lost loves and memories
as not a duck is to be seen
not knowing better it would seem
that spring is missing ...
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Categories:
grebes, bird, loss, sad, spring,
Form: Free verse
03-29-18 a Haiku Anthology
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the light of all life
sol...illuminating all
false statement
false statement
sol...illuminating all
the light of all life
distant horizons
the edge of the world
gua...
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Categories:
grebes, nature,
Form: Haiku
Sacred Lake Titicaca
...Sacred Lake Titicaca
High atop the Andes, between Bolivia and Peru,
sits the birthplace of the Incas, sacred Lake Titicaca.
A powerhouse of nature through and through,
it was created by ...
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Categories:
grebes, beauty, mountains, nature, water,
Form: Rhyme
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