Easter Garden Birds

 

April

Two woodpigeons couched
Atop the blackthorn eating
The spent Spring blossom

 

On Gardening:

Little goldcrest caught
Out the corner of my eye
Both searching for Spring

The chuckling hedge
Green shoulders shaking with glee
As Blackbirds shuck jokes

 

Dandelion clock
Goldfinch slides along the stalk
Counting down the seeds

Breakfast with the birds (March)

March Morning

In the willow tree
Under a Van Gogh sky a
Robin paints in song

Goldfinch 

Five feisty finches
Fill the golden willow boughs
With red hot trouble!

Powder puffs, dusted
Gold in the golden sunlight
Catkin and goldfinch

On the Spring Equinox

Now the day rises
Green leaves unfurl to greet her
And birds sing her name

March Mornings

Magpie

Four magpies fighting
In the road, oblivious
To me passing by

 

Magpie finds long stick
Jackdaw wants it, sky scuffle!
Fight, flight, Magpie wins

 

Robin

In the blackthorn boughs
Robin; red lantern on branch
Among the blossom

Goldfinch

Goldfinches riff free
Jazz. Syncopated beats on
Bare willow branches

Goldfinch and Buzzard

Seventeen goldfinch
In the magnolia tree
Fresh buds, bright faces

Before Storm Eowyn

Jackdaw alarm calls!
Above me; silent brown wings
Buzzard, storm bringer

The Goldfinch

Goldfinch, bright candle

Burnished by autumn sunshine

Garden firework flies!