Winter Berries

Elderberries

winter bares food, too
and the birds know where to seek
so life continues

Found these berries on a recent walk. Summer, of course, bursts with live giving foods for all. Winter, it seems, is more stealthy. But food is present!

Thursday Morning Haiku

early morning

small birds converse

time for tea

Haiku: June 9, 2020

the sky growing dim
birds still singing out their work
I watch the clouds blur

#NaPoWriMo2020 for Thursday, April 16: 

sunlight through this glass

floating across the pages

a crow laughing

Serenading Dawn

a bird sings solo

dawn’s hints in the eastern sky

serenading dawn

This Friday morning: a haiku

​And now dawn has come

Sleep kept this hidden from me

Until the birds called

An Early Morning Haiku

Yes, I am awake

And the birds sing with vigor

Dawn has not yet come

I’m amazed at the number of birds singing right now. Well, I think one of the loudest sounds is an insect, but I digress.  It’s quite boisterous. Oddly, as daylight comes their sounds will quiet. Perhaps just supplanted by human noise. Perhaps. 

This Spring Morning 

This early morning
Birdsong dances in the air
Dawn climbing the trees

Birds Singing at Dawn

The day’s beginning
With amazing potential
Bird’s singing at dawn

Early morning with birds singing boldly. I’m not quite ready to leave the comfort of bed and blankets. The sky slowly lightens, second by second. 

Birds Awakened 

This morning’s still dark
Abrupt noise into silence
Birds have awakened

This morning’s first birdsong came while I was dosing. Jarring enough to yank my attention. Does the first bird to speak get the early worm? Ot, perhaps, he gets the girl?