Sky Sights and Sky Sounds

Posted on 2019-02-03 by Mellow Curmudgeon

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Carpe Diem #1595 hawk (taka)

Sky Circles
|Riding the spring wind,
|hawks with still wings and shrill cries
|claim territory.

1805988 - juvenile red-shouldered hawk calling

A lot happens in the sky.
Hawks stake claims.
Clouds sometimes imitate clams.

birds, haiku, humor

Warned by a Shadow

Posted on 2016-11-282020-07-04 by Mellow Curmudgeon

From some viewpoints, a shadow has a bright side. An example is my response to a CDHK challenge to use the word [shadow] in a haiku.

Carpe Diem Haiku Family — A New “Shadow” Challenge

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Lost Lunch?
|Sunlight breaks thru clouds
|and sends hawk’s shadow downward.
|Prey darts for cover.

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