Andrew Lansdown: Bird Haiku
Bird Haiku
i
The overhead wire—
a pair of welcome swallows
singing in the sag.
ii
Willy wagtail—
subsiding for a second
into stillness.
iii
In the birdbath
two honeyeaters drinking
their bathwater.
iv
A pair of doves—
trusting it all to a stack
of fiddlesticks.
v
Such a lovely note—
how could I not look up to
find the pardalote?
Andrew Lansdown
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