gloom forms about us
birch shuffles uneasily
blackbird flits to hedge
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CLP 30/07/2021
Tag Archives: Blackbird
On Water xxxiii
humidity change
softens the blackbird’s sharp song
permeates morning
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CLP 10/05/2021
On The Tree
After spring day’s warmth
Sleep calls to our sun-pinked skin.
Insomniac bird!
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n.b. Get with the programme, birdie!
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CLP 30/03/2021
Sitting Target
Distressed blackbird clucks
Disturbance within hedgerow
Smug cuckoo departs
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n.b. Here is Sir David Attenborough taking you through the dirty work of the parasite obligate we call the cuckoo.
CLP 31/04/2020
On Rain XVI
Plip plop plap plick plish
Pibble plabble plub pleesh pleb
Music to the ear
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n.b. With melody provided by the blackbird.
CLP 13/06/2019
