Enjoyed this haiku immensely. It is a perfect metaphor for what we humans are doing while our planet steadily heats up and myriad species keel over around us–squabbling about inanities. All that birdbath needs now is a small ice sheet calving into its basin…
June 7th, 2019 at 3:52 pm
A humorous reminder of an increasing threat?those others who also suffer from wildfires.
June 7th, 2019 at 4:17 pm
Vivid. Mordant. Beautiful.
Even Hemingway would be envious.
June 7th, 2019 at 9:37 pm
Enjoyed this haiku immensely. It is a perfect metaphor for what we humans are doing while our planet steadily heats up and myriad species keel over around us–squabbling about inanities. All that birdbath needs now is a small ice sheet calving into its basin…
a magpie
colluding with crows
crows
Autumn
June 8th, 2019 at 5:55 am
heron hatchlings
pining in their nest
for parents ??
June 9th, 2019 at 7:20 pm
All too easy to imagine. A striking visual and aural scene.
June 10th, 2019 at 8:32 pm
Oh, really liked this, Earl!
August 18th, 2020 at 11:13 pm
Thanks, everyone, for your appreciation of my haiku and your own haiku responses. Cheers, Earl