Mom & juvenile egret.
Fluff feathered
Determined baby
Egret–crossed
Beaks with mom
Begged to be fed
–http://www.frankabbottphotography.com
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GO WITH DAY-GLO
I’ve been busy painting this week. Climbing ladders painting exterior trim work. No day-glo green was used during the entire process.
CSX freight passed over
Trestle of day-glo green
Canvas for amateur artists
Complete with shamrocks
Domain of jesters, jokers
Gone wild, with hearts
Peace signs, admonitions
Garish rock stairway
With the slogan
“You are worth it”
SMOKEY
Little Smokey’s first day.
Newborn colt
With, virgin white
Blaze and fetlocks
Matted hair
Still moist
Wobbly long
Legs, would
Soon frolic
Gallop, firm
And steady
Smoky’s first
Day spent
Close to mom
For comfort
–Photo by Craig Roberts–
CHANGES
An attentive lizard. As if to say, “And what kind of creature might you be?”
Short attention spanned
Bright green Anole lizard
Could change colors
Faster than humans
Could change their minds
Hen & Chicks #haiku #babychicks
On a laid back Sunday night, “Hen & Chicks.”
Mother hen roosting
with fluffy yellow babies
an endearing scene
–Image, Craig Roberts–
Marking Time
Spring storms today as nature marks time.
Seasons marked time
Azaleas faded with
Last dying breaths
Amaryllis held forth
Till lilies bloomed
Saucer magnolias
Crape myrtles
Soon followed
Everything had a season
To each its own
A reason for being
Bananas
Torn from the stalk
Matured too soon
Laid out on a plate
Part of someone’s décor
Metaphor, or joke
Flower blossom birthed
Nearer the bottom
Nowhere near the top
Best of the bunch
Somewhere in the middle
Firm, not too many brown spots
Wondered, why hadn’t apples drowned
on Halloween–with all that bobbing?
