Articles tagged with: bird
“Who the hell do you think you are?
Do you think I can forget the past?
Don’t promise me the impossible!”
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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus
A star in her own show,
a worn and slightly disheveled songbird,
between the lightning and the wild rain.
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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Impossibly complex abstraction reigns,
cobbling together a life from scavenged freedom.
Vultures from a trip to South Beach earlier this year.
Just a portion of the sky filled with hundreds of birds
near the Oleta River.
. . . and a detail:
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Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura
A energetic songbird makes a noisy show
of its disapproval with an interloping starling,
a frontal assault on the open border policy of my backyard,
soon to take a sharp turn toward the unruly.
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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Starling | Sturnus vulgaris
Two female songbirds argue,
intolerable demands and threats
send shock waves through receding feathers.
Any ideas on the actual conversation?
Write your own caption.
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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Torn between adventure and hunger,
the prodigal son appears,
only to disappear again,
leaving the sky littered with nonsense.
A hungry young starling harasses its parent.
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Starling | Sturnus vulgaris
A break in the fierce sunlight between solving disputes,
a private investigator levitates,
a complex personality hiding in the deep shadows.
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House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus
In the air or at the clubs,
the Dharma Bums warp the world
with the switchback force of their clean,
antagonistic style.
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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
A contrast of light and shadow,
an acrobatic space unfolding where
the real cavorts with the imaginary.
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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Stunning even the air,
a surprise attack with the light touch
of a buzz saw,
a hostile treasure hunt
bears unlikely fruit.
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Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula
Winter memories on a hot day,
wind-tossed songbirds tumble through a storm
like broken toys falling from
the hand of tired young Zeus.
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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
