Nature Heron Poems

The great bird feathered harpoon
Flung from one shore to the other
Soaring over the Caribbean green of Torch Lake 

Flies at the bow of my speeding...

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blue heron balances
like pond ornament statue
quickly grabs goldfish

written May 24, 2021...

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The River

      The swirling stream in slow eddies flows along, 
      In bright sun flecked...

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heading home at dusk
gliding into melting sun
graceful blue heron



AP: 1st place 2021

Posted on September 20, 2020...

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Lance-Lot
by Michael R. Burch

Preposterous bird!
Inelegant! Absurd!

Until the great & mighty heron
brandishes his fearsome sword.

Keywords/Tags: Nature, Animal, Bird, Birds, Heron, Herons, Fish, Fishing, River, Ocean, Ardeidae,...

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On a black carabao's back,
a dazzling white heron 
slow-dances,

the feathers on its graceful, 
slender neck the breeze 
romances !...

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Humidity’s blanket rests upon the pond
frogs draped in lurid air
idle on glazed lily pads
waxed turtles gleam
amid the dance of hazy heat
a silent duck preens
as dragonflies...

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Alone wanders
The white heron
And picks pathways
Through streams wending

A peculiar kind of a bird is he,
Who looks like some sort of bird-bush
(or tree)
And perhaps he goes
And...

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a grey heron
awaits his meal
frozen in time



submitted on July 24, for contest BIRD THEMED HAIKU sponsored by TANIA KITCHIN

posted on July 22, 2018...

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blue heron's wingspan
sundown
heading home



Published in The Trillium Haiku Group Anthology 2022 "-to hang my hat"

AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on July 22, 2018...

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monkeys swing through trees ? 
deforestation... murder
local extinctions

heron feeding young
no doubt grateful for my pond ? 
me... devastated

hedge clipping
all neat and tidy ? 
bird in...

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the patient cat
watches spilt birdseed for mice
a heron lands

a heron lands
a pair of ducks like bird seed
my cat... spoilt for choice

all in my garden
a nature...

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Who is at my shoulder now
What lingers in my shadow?
See how quick the waters flow
Where the river narrows

Hungry as a sparrow
Sinister as a crow
Floating like...

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Great Blue Heron

Oh Great Blue Heron found along our shores,
Your stately presence in the water shows
A setting so sublime in quiet marsh
Where flowing grasses sway...

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As the days draw out I spy a human-heron trying his patience and mine, 
    
      ...

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