Listen to the rain for your answers

March 29, 2023 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, poetryLeave a comment

A glimpse of yellow 
Dark messengers in grey skies
Ancient cries foretell

Old limbs

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 mattautumn, birds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, painting, poetry5 Comments

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

Still pond

January 16, 2023 mattcanberra, haiku, painting, poetry, pond, summer, water, writing, zen6 Comments

A tiny ripple
remains where the dragonfly
kissed her reflection

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, writing7 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

Solstice

July 7, 2022 mattcanberra, haiku, magpie, painting, poetry, winter1 Comment

Purple solstice sky -   
my only companion is
a fluffed up magpie

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

Autumn leaves

May 20, 2022 mattautumn, canberra, haiku, poetry1 Comment

Beautiful colours
Soften the impending doom
Of raking up leaves

✏️ + 📸 by Jarrad