Old limbs

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 mattautumn, birds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, painting, poetry2 Comments

Hobbling in the cold
I watch cockatoos chew through
knobbly old branches

New year

January 1, 2023 mattbirds, canberra, haiku, New Year’s Day, painting, poetry2 Comments

New year's dawn 
a warbler sings its heart out 
undaunted

Spring rain

November 6, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, clouds, cockatoo, haiku, painting, poetry, spring, writing6 Comments

Cockatoos fly home 
earlier than yesterday - 
the smell of Spring rain

Dotterel

October 13, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, collage, dotterel, haiku, painting, poetry2 Comments

Alert and wide-eyed
Faster than a roadrunner
Legs ablur; worm lunch 

✏️ + 🎨 by Lisa

Winter robins

June 10, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, haiku, painting, poetry, robin, winter2 Comments

the dappled path - 
poking under melting frost 
yellow robins

Autumn storms

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 mattautumn, beach, birds, canberra, coast, haiku, painting, poetry, watercoloursLeave a comment

the churning ocean - 
oystercatchers examine
the eroded shore

Kookaburra

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, crayon, haiku, kookaburra, Lisa, poetryLeave a comment

Your laugh emerges
Often when I’m serious
A light reminder 

✏️+🖍 by Lisa

Red-browed finch

April 6, 2022April 25, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, finch, haiku, Lisa, painting, poetryLeave a comment

Small, feathered and masked 
Alert… darting through foliage 
A brave flash of red 

✏️+🎨 by Lisa

Pardalote hidden in the canopy

April 3, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, haiku, painting, pardalote, poetry, writingLeave a comment

Shy and elusive 
Yet such a fancy outfit 
A jewelled treasure

✏️+🎨 by Lisa

Hopeful herald

March 29, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, Lisa, painting, parrot, poetry5 Comments

A white feathered friend 
Has a lot of news to share
Busy beak; sharp screech

✏️ + 🎨 by Lisa