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

birds

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

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 mattbirds, canberra, clouds, cockatoo, collage, haiku, Lisa, painting, parrot, poetry, skyLeave a comment
Evocative skies
Spread over with mournful cries
Touches of yellow

* By Lisa

Curlews

December 15, 2021 mattAnna, birds, canberra, curlew, haiku, painting, poetryLeave a comment
Quietly watching
long moon shadows in stillness
Wailing to the night

šŸ–Š Anna
šŸŽØ Matt

Summer morning

December 6, 2021 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, painting, parrot, poetry, summer4 Comments
Summer stirs awake 
A curious cockatoo
Chews the drying wood

Grass parrot

November 28, 2021December 16, 2021 mattbirds, canberra, haiku, painting, parrot, po, poetry1 Comment
Strutting in the grass
Turquoise bonnet shimmering
Flaunting that red rump

šŸ–ŠšŸŽØ by Po

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