Autumn on Summer’s Heels

purple asters arc
radiantly

from oak trees
acorns hang heavy
and drop
underfoot

on the last gust
of summer wind
the hummingbirds
arrive
and make haste

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Anticipating the Autumn Migration

Perhaps this fall
I shall espy a Wood-y
Mixed in among the mallards

The Jet Set

Tree Swallow banking
through a rush of windy current
nature’s blue chrome jet

Sunset Brew

Orange pekoe tea
Sandpipers flying in vees
Against the sunset

Bread for a Circus

Mother Duck with her quintet brood
Came onto land for some food
Found I’d arrived with pockets bared
Sniffed and huffed that I’d dared
Greet her without a proper bribe
And swam off with her tiny tribe.

Suitor

Proud peacock with tail fanned bright
A jeweled iridescence in the light
He struts and calls like a warrior to war
Plumed helmet ready for a clash and soar
Against rival swains and youthful knights
He’ll win his beloved lady with delight
For dreams and hopes keep him tall
And Love gives him courage to gamble all.

Red Robin

Masked for a spring waltz
A red robin on the branch
Courts sweetly with song

View From A Lake

Ospreys on their lookout tower
Spot the languid movements of waterfowl
The gliding underneath the lake
Of piscine solutions for hunger’s slake

Blue Duet

Floating on still water
the white neck of a swan
bows to its partner

Capturing Crocuses

Crocus in focus
On a bright balmy day
Heralding the spring
And directing birds to lay.