Short Jackdaws Poems

Rigid wings settle
jackdaws fibrous feathers fold
Sky smoldering grey...

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Runners in the park;

dogs a-barking.

Jackdaws in the sky;

morning light sparkling.

The calmness of dawn,
       greets the brightness of day.
The serene atmosphere gives way,
	 to the activity of day.

Walking in solitude,
Surrounded by life.
How did this,

become my life?
...

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The blackbird takes off from his perch on
this lone pine in the dairy pasture, winging towards the
sky with all his might but
the pine is pugnacious and bitter, sweltering in winter. Before he
travels a league from her she drops him dead from the sky, victim of some
coniferous voodoo, some hex
or lymphoma ending him like a 
matchstick....

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Birds do ballet out there on the grass.
Gulls have come in from the sea.
Blackbirds are always here, and so are crows,
with jackdaws, too, and magpies.
A silent ballet, nothing to hear
within this small apartment,
but you can hear a ballet through your eyes
as these birds poke and peck -
a hop here and a walk there.


(22 Aug 2023)...

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Sorrow, don't be afraid.
The rainy day
was sealed with sunshine.
Don't worry, nobody can move the sunshine
except you.

Sorrow, don't be afraid.
The meaningful part of you
are never stolen by jackdaws.
Don't worry, nobody can hurt you
except you.

Sorrow, I'm not afraid to say,
I feel a personal bond with that distant.
There's a sharp pain in my foot.

But, I wanna say
Thanks!
I will never go away...

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