This was along the River Avon in the Bradford-on-Avon (Wiltshire) area. I'd never seen a whole tree filled with cormorants before, or since!
I've seen the Christmas tree (actual tree) at the City of Bath shopping centre full of birds and looking and sounding like Christmas ornaments, but much smaller birds. :-)
June 10th, 2020 at 6:41 am
__ Cormorant: so well seen Bob_ ! Here, my humble echo. _m
spreads its wings
to dry this morning's hunt
sea bird's sun
September 10th, 2020 at 10:25 pm
Thank you for the kind words and the haiku.
June 10th, 2020 at 7:16 am
What a beautiful, powerful, ‘simple’ poem of quietude and hope
September 10th, 2020 at 10:24 pm
Thank you, Bruce.
June 12th, 2020 at 12:56 pm
There's a Norwegian myth that people who die at sea can visit their former homes as cormorants.
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long rainy season
a tree full of cormorants
fills my heart
Alan Summers
AHS Summer Solstice Haiku String 2018 change
September 10th, 2020 at 10:24 pm
Nice haiku, Alan. I read every poem in every issue, but I never seem to get around to responding, etc. I'm going to try to be better!
September 11th, 2020 at 1:39 am
Cheers!
This was along the River Avon in the Bradford-on-Avon (Wiltshire) area. I'd never seen a whole tree filled with cormorants before, or since!
I've seen the Christmas tree (actual tree) at the City of Bath shopping centre full of birds and looking and sounding like Christmas ornaments, but much smaller birds. :-)
warm regards,
Alan
July 1st, 2020 at 11:23 pm
diving grebe
the glint in the water
September 10th, 2020 at 10:26 pm
Nice haiku. Thank you.