Long Jenny wren Poems

I am just a scarecrow
but my life is now quite dire,
they have decided this year
to put me on a fire.

Who is this chap named Guy Faulkes
I do not want to be him
I love to stand...

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mallards... a pair
koi carp can't compete... duck feet
strang orange shapes
~
sunshine... summertime
fickle spring... climate changing
muted cuckoos
~
Jenny wren... begging
let summer have its way
seasons confound spring
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first orange tip
fluttered by... seeking partners
tortoiseshell denied
~
sloe... blackthorn blossoms
cover branches... bumper crop
sloe gin......

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HAIKU & TWO SENRYU
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white sky... low the clouds
winter... stuck in a drift again
spring... where are you...
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the bobbin dipper flies
below our secret rivers
spring... summer delight
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ring ouzel... moorland
high craggy tors... upland moors
birding adventure
~~~
the avocet
fenland treasure... coastal dream
no...

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as natures music fills the early morning woodland,
i feel its rapturous intent, to add movement to life.
the tiny Jenny wren, a virtuoso, powerful its song!
nature composes rhapsodies, all life begs for more.

i feel its rapturous...

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The Meadowlarks are here in pairs,
That means that Spring is in the air.

The Jenny Wren flits about
Trying for to find a house.

The Sparrows, naughty as can be
Tore hers up last year you see.

The Sparrows now...

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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... 
morning... 

SENRYU
inspirational... 
your poetic prowess... 
many thank yous'...

HAIKU
orange beaked blackbird...
...

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HAIKU - WINTERS TRIBULATIONS

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bold... the jenny wren
brazenly makes itself heard
twelve grams of pleasure
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the starling mimics
its feathers dusted heaven
iridescent hues
~~~
ornithologists
bird watchers, spotters, twitchers
bird carers all
~~~
o the winter cold
fingers shrivel... nigh frozen
home... warm... hot achs... thawed
~~~
fickle winter...

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birdsong
woodpeckers tapping
afternoon rave
~
afternoon rave
woodpeckers tapping
birdsong

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natures overture
the day awakes… hark the bird's
skylarks guide the sun
~
skylarks guide the sun
the day awakes… hark the bird's
natures overture

~

upon high
the skylark welcomes the dawn
dusk retreating
~
dusk retreating
the skylark welcomes the dawn
upon high

~

robin...

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RAPID RHYME

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rapid rhyme
running out of time
spring raving
goodbye, winter waving
all flora seeking
above ground peeking
spring warmth dependent
on the sun resplendent
rapid rhyme
Jenny Wren sings in time
flies busy
bees dizzy
early cherry bloomed
every branch festooned
spring now weeves
hiding summer up her sleeves
springs...

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My sister
Jennifer Ellen -
sweet Jenny Wren,
like a mother hen,
is my comfort.
She was born 
two years after me.
Though I’m the eldest -
the teacher -
she is the one
in our family
who nurtures us
when we feel blue.
But also she...

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