Tag: Nature

Mole

 

To live is to dig

small soft furry tunneler

to dig is to live.

 

by Scooj

Lyrebird

 

Antipodean

bird, supreme impressionist;

musical plumage.

 

by Scooj

Basking shark

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A gentle giant,

pelagic plankton feeder;

Never too hasty.

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by Scooj

Comma (2)

 

A warm Spring morning

punctuated only by

a passing comma.

 

by Scooj

  • adapted from an earlier haiku, prompted by seeing my first garden butterfly of the season. Origination is not coming too easily for me at the moment.

Vicuña

 

Andean highlands

home to the small cameloid

emblem of Peru.

 

by Scooj

Narwhal

 

Whale of northern seas

distinctive canine tooth tusk

marine unicorn.

 

by Scooj

 

  • It is thought that some medieval Europeans believed the tusks of narwhals to be the horns of unicorns.

Spider mite

 

On dry paving slabs

in the sun, squished under thumb

young children at play.

 

by Scooj

Bumble bee

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Humble bumble bee

not yet properly awake

stuttering flight path.

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by Scooj

Oystercatcher

 

Rockpooling alone

and ‘peet peeweet’ on the breeze

sweet sounds of my past.

 

by Scooj

Goldcrest

 

This smallest of birds

restless, flits from tree to tree;

see the yellow flash.

 

by Scooj

 

  • Sweet joy…I saw one of these in the garden this morning.