magpie
on the barbed wire fence
he swears he’ll change
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Gregory Longenecker
Gregory is a widely published poet, recipient of a Touchstone Award, author of Somewhere Inside Yesterday (Red Moon Press) and Moderator of the Southern California Haiku Study Group. He and his wife live in Pasadena, California.
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Oddly I don't have any British magpie haiku despite numerous sightings over the years.
Although I do have a magpie-lark (aka mudpie lark) haiku during my years living in Queensland, Australia.
christmas morning heat –
two fledgling mudpie larks
pecking cobwebs
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Blithe Spirit Vol. 7 No. 1 Feb 1997 (British Haiku Society); sundog haiku journal: an australian year sunfast press 1997 reprinted 1998 California State Library – Main Catalog Call Number : HAIKU S852su 1997; de facto 2 issue 2. (2008)
Thought-provoking!
I LOVE this one. Bravo.
Wonderful barb of insight.
One for sorrow!
Good one. :)
As a birdwatcher, you've learned a lot over the years!
Oddly I don't have any British magpie haiku despite numerous sightings over the years.
Although I do have a magpie-lark (aka mudpie lark) haiku during my years living in Queensland, Australia.
christmas morning heat –
two fledgling mudpie larks
pecking cobwebs
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Blithe Spirit Vol. 7 No. 1 Feb 1997 (British Haiku Society); sundog haiku journal: an australian year sunfast press 1997 reprinted 1998 California State Library – Main Catalog Call Number : HAIKU S852su 1997; de facto 2 issue 2. (2008)
A few years ago I’d have to pay someone for this inoaomftirn.