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

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

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

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

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

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

Summer morning

December 6, 2021 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, painting, parrot, poetry, summer4 Comments

Summer stirs awake 
A curious cockatoo
Chews the drying wood