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Haiku poetry, painting and drawing inspired by the beauty of Canberra. Words and art by Canberra Haiku and friends.

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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

Autumn lullaby πŸ‚

March 26, 2022 mattautumn, birds, canberra, haiku, painting, poetry, rufous whistler, watercolours, writing7 Comments
Chilly evening 
Birdsong lullaby
The sun falls asleep

Fate defied

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 mattautumn, birds, canberra, haiku, painting, poetry, watercolours, weebill4 Comments
Tiny yellow leaves  
Flutter inevitably
No wait! They're weebills!

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I’m a weebill I'm
a weebill I'm a weebill
Squeaks the proud weebill

Moonlighting

February 23, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, painting, poetry, summer, watercolours, zen3 Comments
In a cloak of fog 
the sun impersonates
the full moon

Fantails

February 9, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, fantail, haiku, painting, poetry, watercoloursLeave a comment
Flittering fantails -
Delighted by the insects
Unimpressed by me

Dawn ceremony

January 15, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, mountain, painting, parrot, poetry, sumi e, summer, tree, writing, zen1 Comment
Reverent attendees 
honour this dawn, except the
Loudmouth cockatoos

Summer dusk

January 11, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, clouds, cockatoo, haiku, painting, parrot, poetry, sky, summer, sunset, tree, zenLeave a comment
Cloudless twinkling sky 
Cockatoos snuggle to sleep
Scent of eucalypts

Eligible bachelor: satin bowerbird

January 2, 2022 mattbirds, bowerbird, canberra, collage, haiku, Lisa, painting, poetryLeave a comment
Song of mimicry
Something old; new; borrowed; blue
His charm beckons me

* by Lisa

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