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

Molonglo sunset

December 27, 2021 mattcanberra, haiku, Molonglo, painting, poetry, river, summer, sunsetLeave a comment

Ah! Golden dusk light 
Reposes on the water 
Timeless companions

Curlews

December 15, 2021 mattAnna, birds, canberra, curlew, haiku, painting, poetryLeave a comment

Quietly watching
long moon shadows in stillness
Wailing to the night 

🖊 Anna
🎨 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

Swan song

December 2, 2021 mattcanberra, clouds, haiku, mountain, painting, poetry, sky, spring, sunsetLeave a comment

In translucent clouds  
Spring's final breath caresses
Warm embers of light

Dew

November 30, 2021 mattcanberra, flowers, garden, haiku, painting, poetry, sky, zen4 Comments

The vast morning sky 
captured in sapphire dew drops
on daisy petals

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

🖊🎨 by Po

Ancient rain

November 23, 2021 mattBrindabellas, canberra, clouds, haiku, mountain, painting, poetryLeave a comment

So blue and wet 
the mountains remember 
the ocean

Parade

November 21, 2021 mattbirds, canberra, ducks, haiku, painting, poetry, zenLeave a comment

Thank you wanderers 
Your nonchalant duck parade 
Reminds me to breathe