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499

cold, before dawn
a neighbors car alarm shrieks
raccoons do high fives

六十六

January 8, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, suburbs, Wildlife, WinterTags: car alarm, cars, haiku, raccoons, winter 2 Comments

479

squirrels pick red berries
ferment them all winter long
birds pay any price

六十六

January 2, 2016January 2, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, Wildlife, WinterTags: birds, bootleg, drugs, haiku, pyracantha, squirrels

432

young hawks cavorting
sunlight slants through their taut wings
prisms of hushed gold

October 27, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, Bruce Jewett, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, WildlifeTags: haiku, hawks, micropoetry, nature, sunlight 2 Comments

429

frogs and dragonflies
left no forwarding address
took the creek with them

October 23, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, drought, environment, Fall, haiku, Northern California, poem, poems, poetry, senyru, summer, WildlifeTags: dragonflies, drought, frogs, haiku, nature 2 Comments

417

rotted boards and posts
a gangplank for deer and skunk
dance floor for raccoons

October 6, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, deer, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senyru, summer, WildlifeTags: deer, fence, haiku, raccoons, repair, skunk, time, wood

400/s

shimmering above
waves of glistening water
waves of long white wings

September 18, 2015January 16, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, Bruce Jewett, haiku, Northern California, poems, poetry, WildlifeTags: birds, haiku, ocean, sea, seabirds, waves 2 Comments

398

ducklings and mother
marching to the swimming pool
she shoos cats away

September 17, 2015February 12, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Cats, Family, haiku, poems, poetry, WildlifeTags: cats, ducks, haiku, mothers, swimming pools 8 Comments

375


a flock of blackbirds
scatters like ashes on wind
first sign of goshawks

August 26, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, Bruce Jewett, haiku, summer, WildlifeTags: blackbirds, goshawks, haiku, hawks, prey 3 Comments

333

shades of brown and red
steal through forests of shadows
autumn comes like wolves

August 6, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Fall, haiku, WildlifeTags: autumn, fall, haiku, wolf, wolves 3 Comments

323

young jay flutters down
inches from a feral cat
one in every flock

July 31, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, Bruce Jewett, Cats, WildlifeTags: birds, danger, feral, haiku, haiku for cats, jays 1 Comment

320

I toss banana
peels into the brown thicket
explodes into fawns

July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, deer, haiku, Senryu, Summer, WildlifeTags: deer, fawns, haiku, thicket, wildlife 1 Comment

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like people, raccoons
are addicted to garbage
garden is untouched


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safe door cracked open
taunting note, cookies all gone
what raccoons left me



July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, haiku for cats, Senryu, WildlifeTags: cookies, garden, haiku, junk food, raccoons, senryu 2 Comments

269 tanka

when caught in headlights 
they whip out top hats and canes
make a chorus line

that’s how shy our blacktail deer
in my town are becoming

July 10, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, deer, poetry, Tanka, WildlifeTags: chorus line, deer, haiku, haikuforcats, shyness 4 Comments

267/s

thrushes trill and swing
to birdland boogie woogie
sings eight to the bar

  

Photo © 2015 J Kirk Richards

July 10, 2015January 16, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, Bruce Jewett, haiku, WildlifeTags: birds, haiku, haiku for cats, thrush 3 Comments

242

a chittering sound
raccoons make reservations
au club des ordures


July 2, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, haikuforcats, Senryu, WildlifeTags: haiku, haiku for cats, raccoons, senryu, summer 4 Comments

197

small quick snappy moves
streaking through leafy branches
hyper-robo-squirrels


  

Photography © 2015 J Kirk Richards


June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, WildlifeTags: haiku, poems, poetry, spring, squirrels 2 Comments

144/s

a perfect still day
the laundry line snaps and sways
shadows of blue jays

June 1, 2015January 16, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, Bruce Jewett, haiku, WildlifeTags: birds, blue jays, haiku, spring 4 Comments

146/s

goddess of bread crumbs
birds sigh at the unkempt yard
since you sold the house

May 31, 2015January 16, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, haiku, WildlifeTags: birds, birdseed, haiku

149

robins clamour “Thief!”
two crows make a run for it
posse in pursuit

May 29, 2015June 6, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, haiku, WildlifeTags: crows, haiku, robins 1 Comment

150

grasshoppy bambis
skip along a garden wall
mom points out goodies

May 28, 2015June 6, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: deer, haiku, WildlifeTags: bambi, deer, haiku

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