Summer Hiku 10
brown cedar waxwing
devouring privet berry \
\
ground is her d n.
u i
s t b
Categories:
waxwing, appreciation, bird, fruit, nature,
Form: Haiku
a mockingbird sings
mimicking bird melodies ~
comedic chorus
a hummingbird sips
while vibrant feathers flutter ~
a rapid refresh
a hungry bluejay
squawks and shrieks at the feeders ~
blue feathered bully
a cedar waxwing
quickly steals fresh tree berries ~
flying masked bandit
a barred owl whistles
while camouflaged in a tree ~
a prey stalking pursuit
Categories:
waxwing, appreciation, bird, nature, song,
Form: Haiku
delightful what a dazzlement brings …
what others deem prepost’rous things -
so burled and brown and bound with strings
hark - how sweet this waxwing sings …
oh hark - how sweet!
Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden, February 8, 2024
( photograph taken by Gregory R Barden, February 6, 2024; filter by Prisma )
Categories:
waxwing, analogy, guitar, music,
Form: Monorhyme
Damp leafs random toss by autumn gust,
hue stain bold foliage unfurls,
brown, golden amber, red-orange curls,
into town or country setting thrust
Thin laid ice chill air must plummet,
taut azure sky wing creatures flourish,
palm warbler, barred owl, cedar waxwing perish,
orchard fall strain on moss clad branch summit
Stout heart trudge on rust decay meander,
pockmark mud stone surface brittle,
black cloud grain spice wind counts for little,
to pale mute green paddock’s wry candour
Daylight glow cold shoulders summer tint,
tan quartz beach once boisterous ghost town silent,
August lakeshore swarm a breed less vibrant,
weathervane gloom monger’s doleful hint
Beaver moon plunge or peak as lunar auspice,
outcrop toiler’s eggplant harvest purple struck,
breezy whoop of yield beneath the groundswell pluck,
amid a sullen grey November hospice
Categories:
waxwing, art, birth, care, celebration,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
*Image of A Cedar Waxwing in Winter by The C Lab.
a crack at the nutcracker
sole *waxwing natures
crowned nomen swathed pastel fair~
seats heart hints of hues
*These birds are berry eaters and nut droppers for sustaining their future.
2022 December 07
*6th Place*
Winter Nature Themed Haiku
~~Tania Kitchin: Judged 2022 December 13
**HMS.
Categories:
waxwing, bird, imagery, nature, winter,
Form: Haiku
snow dusted berries
entice cedar waxwing flock ~
frozen winter treat
11/12/22
Contest: A new hiku footle tanka Poetry Contest.
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Categories:
waxwing, bird, nature, winter,
Form: Haiku
windsongs
whispering windsongs
whoosh with warm whimsical waves ~
wild waxwing waltzes
1-18-22
Contest: Nature based Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
"Windsong" is the name of one of John Denver's most popular albums
Categories:
waxwing, bird, song, wind,
Form: Haiku
Snowflakes taking rebirths; transforming into flimsy shapes,
Melting then, commemorating momentary landscapes...
Flying high; skating, skiing, tough throw of stony snowballs;
One never gets hurt, yet, as though bathing in feather-falls...
Inner warmth and outer chill; frozen nights and melting days,
Costume changing nature's tentative transfiguring ways...
Surprise-filled advent of friends, like whimsical rain-drizzles,
Snow bunting, geese, waxwing, grosbeak and owls play in mizzles...
Midst shorter days and longer nights, indoor games go endless,
Though trees and plants stop growing, vegetables fill countless...
Flocks of migratory birds flying like floral designs,
Snow foxes and hares fashion-parading in rare sun-shines...
Each scene of winter is, indeed, like heavenly wonder,
Missing these might be the most monstrous of human blunder...!
12 January 2022
Winter Wonders Within Nature Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: M. L. Kiser
Categories:
waxwing, beauty, miracle, nature, winter,
Form: Couplet
zing of waxwing
zipping silence
~air tight flyby
Categories:
waxwing, bird, sound,
Form: Haiku
Which flying bird shall I choose to be?
Would Bird of Paradise suit me?
Owl, falcon or hawk might be fun.
Bohemian waxwing is on the run.
Trumpeter Hornbill or Military Macaw?
King vulture or Jackdaw?
Flamingo with her peachy color?
I can’t decide. I’ll ask my mother.
Categories:
waxwing, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
a crush with black masks
devour frozen red berries ~
cedar waxwing raid
Categories:
waxwing, bird, winter,
Form: Haiku
I am cool water,
You are a lily, upon ...
I move around and about -
Sustain you, cradle you.
Drink of me ...
And bloom!
You are blossom, soft,
To my supple branching ...
You are fragrance and beauty,
Giggling in the breeze.
Hold tight to me ...
And abound!
I am a mistral, aloft,
You, the waxwing dancing -
Unseen and unknowable, yet ...
I am care and constant.
Press your wings upon me ...
And soar!
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Strand Select 5, Any Form, Any Theme" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
Categories:
waxwing, analogy, appreciation, beauty, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
sweetening the morn
with honey-drenched melody...
a cedar waxwing
Date written: 09/21/2019
Categories:
waxwing, animal, bird, music, nature,
Form: Haiku
bare tree's shrill splendor
a hundred bohemians
sienna flashing
December 21st 2018
Winter Haiku
Sponsor Tania
Categories:
waxwing, bird, tree, winter,
Form: Haiku
if you gotta fight
then find waxwing lane,ok?
then go off mustang
Categories:
waxwing, art,
Form: Haiku
Related Poems