Short Hatchlings Poems

socialist hatchlings peeping -while growing plump on democracy's worm...

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tree branches swaying
robins busy building nests -
many hatchlings come...

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hatchlings in the sand 
the bale has a life at sea 
birth-return to sand...

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mid summer hatchlings
tadpoles in a cattail pond ~
feast for an egret
...

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in dire unison
famished hatchlings performing
same old tune for meal



posted in May 2, 2020...

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Hungry hawk hovers...
The unaware hatchlings peep...
MPlaced 10th in The Natural Thing To Do contestassed small birds chase threat...

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nightfall in the woods
field mouse scurries on the ground
an eagle takes flight

snowflakes gathering
pine boughs droop beneath the weight
hatchlings to be fed...

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pair of cardinals
sitting 'pon the red rose bush....
beaks touch, love renewed
gather nest materials
she broods, he feeds, hatchlings born...

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chickadee in tree
gaily busy with hatchlings~
insects shy away


1/18/2021


A Cardinal, Blue Jay, Or Chickadee Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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the
                                       end of a long hike,
                                         stones turn into
                                        turtle hatchlings...

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mud daubing swallow
nesting on ceiling fan blade....
electrical switch

baby swallows hatch
hatchlings' downy feathers soft....
kitchen window soiled ...

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Sunrise warmly awakens hatchlings nestled soundly asleep last night.

5/28/22

Contest: Morning Monoku Poetry Contest.
Sponsor: Michelle Faulkner

( 17 syllables, checked with Howmanysyllables.com)...

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Glad we don't have to build a nest of straw
Like the birdies do, one by one with their claws
No heating in the winter
Gotta scrounge for dinner
And provide for my twenty-four hatchlings...

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In the piney woods
are many nests with hatchlings
crying with hunger
awaiting delivery
the music ends with full beaks.



5-27-19
For contest: MAY PREMIER 8 any 4 or 5 line form,on any theme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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willow trees frolic
waltzing in summer music--
concert of hatchlings

stretching necks and bills
scanning rivers, spreading wings--
blue herons catch fish

June 25, 2020
Placed 1st: Summer haiku poetry contest
Syllables: 5,7,5 (howmanysylables.com)
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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It must be springtime
for she lumbers by her nest
below the fig tree.

Hatchlings soon appear
to scamper into the sea.
She cries out to, "Watch

for eagles above!"
then turns away; her voice now
in praise of new life.


  
                     ... title inspired by The Song of Solomon 2:12...

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They struggle to the waves
on floppy leather wings.

So very many are picked,
then tossed up and back
on a sheer-beaked razor edge
into a gull’s throat.

Did one escape in the frenzy?
Hard to tell
if one soft shell made it
to the ocean or not.

The caught keep swimming,
plunging on down the gullets....

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The artificial islet

There is an island in the sea
ten feet deep it has a mountain to
of baby diapers which fertilise
the layers of sand blown by the wind.
Some birds lay eggs there 
the hatchlings have plastic wings
but cannot fly.
This island is man creation and has
no worth other than a warning for
for shipping in the vicinity....

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cardinal rests
in a dogwood
red tulips

mockingbird sings
from a willow branch
alto

sparrow hatchlings
chirping for breakfast
golden sky

a dove coos 
to her mate from pine branch
soft interlude

trickling brook
on the mountainside
duck chatter



2-26-2021
Spring Birds Poetry Contest
Constance La France...

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They dipped our being in dirty grease
added a fist full of kernels.
Life turned up the heat
now-one by one we're popping out
little puffy hatchlings -
sweet songs in our beaks.

Growing feathers and talons
ready to fly now 
on updrafts 
of silent song.
Ready to ignite the world
that spit fire on our nest
one by one we'll pluck the rubies
from all of their bloated chests....

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A bird song
Mating tune
Sitting on
A high branch
Fragile thing
A poised joy
Finds a mate
 A white breast 
As her date
Stick or twig
Time to nest
Lay some eggs
Two hatchlings
Mother feeds
Little needs
Worms today
Berries ripe
Food she brings
Little birds
Learn to sing
Hatchlings now
Big and strong
Flap their wings
Flying low
Sitting on
A wire string.

10.09.2020...

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This could be the last life
I'll ever live.
I'll pick the strawberries for breakfast,
While the day wraps me 
In its fold, like a blanket.
Then I'll dig the potatoes -
An August thing to do.
All about me hover the moments
Like late hatchlings of June bugs.
The strawberries ripen in the sun.
The potatoes sprout
And beg for soil.
I plod on through the day
Until the sun sinks in the sky....

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There’s nothing sylvan
about the Ivy League
Subversive in nature
all take and no give
In period camouflage
they feign to belong
Their hatchlings abhorrent
together they throng

Our country’s traditions
they chop on the block
What many have died for
their travesty mocks
And living entitled
they suck and they draw
Rewriting our history
—their lies become law

(The New Room: October, 2023)...

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Fresh Feast

Beneath the water
Swimming in the deep lagoon
Fearless reptiles search each day
Wanting precious prey,
Power jaws and thrashing tails
Kill while victims weep and wail.
Alligator's feast--
When all babies have hatched out,
Hatchlings hunt and swim about 
Mother watching near
Floating leaves attract her young.
Basking asleep in the sun.


© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 17, 2010

Poetic form: Choka...

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Lazing in a hammock swing,
dreaming of what summers bring.

Romping in the swimming hole;
pleasant moments I have stole.

Dabbling in a happy brook;
fish and frogs in every nook.

Watching rabbits on the lawn,
happ'ly playing in the dawn.

Romping in the swimming hole;
pleasant moments I have stole.

Flowers wafting in the breeze,
while their pollen makes me sneeze.

Hatchlings in a lofty nest;
parents out on their food quest....

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