Saturday 27 June 2015

Evensong haiku



a blackbird's evensong . . .

 the raucous crow falls silent

 and then the other birds too 


8 comments:

  1. And then in the moonlight the nightingale sang.

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    1. That the other birds stopped their chatter so there was only the one singer to be heard suggests this particular bird in that place and time was a bit special.
      Had something to say worth listening to as it were.

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    2. When we were children my mother would get us out of bed and take us outside to hear the nightingales. The nightingale has always been special for me.

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    3. Thanks Rachel. My mother was obsessed with yellowhammers. I think I'll put up a video of my favourite songbird. It's not a yellowhammer, so you may wonder what it is . . . but not for long.

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  2. Interesting piece, well done.

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    1. For the record it was a Scottish bird. A lone piper you might say.

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  3. __Day closes; this honor by silent birds; piper's solo.
    Nice_!

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  4. the lone piper
    on the last post
    and the sun blood red

    thanks Magyar!

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