cold, before dawn
a neighbors car alarm shrieks
raccoons do high fives
六十六
Category: Wildlife
479
squirrels pick red berries
ferment them all winter long
birds pay any price
六十六
432
young hawks cavorting
sunlight slants through their taut wings
prisms of hushed gold
429
frogs and dragonflies
left no forwarding address
took the creek with them
417
rotted boards and posts
a gangplank for deer and skunk
dance floor for raccoons
400/s
shimmering above
waves of glistening water
waves of long white wings
398
ducklings and mother
marching to the swimming pool
she shoos cats away
375
a flock of blackbirds
scatters like ashes on wind
first sign of goshawks
333
shades of brown and red
steal through forests of shadows
autumn comes like wolves
323
young jay flutters down
inches from a feral cat
one in every flock
320
I toss banana
peels into the brown thicket
explodes into fawns
285 / 286
like people, raccoons
are addicted to garbage
garden is untouched
-0-
safe door cracked open
taunting note, cookies all gone
what raccoons left me
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
267/s
thrushes trill and swing
to birdland boogie woogie
sings eight to the bar
Photo © 2015 J Kirk Richards
242
a chittering sound
raccoons make reservations
au club des ordures
197
small quick snappy moves
streaking through leafy branches
hyper-robo-squirrels
Photography © 2015 J Kirk Richards
144/s
a perfect still day
the laundry line snaps and sways
shadows of blue jays
146/s
goddess of bread crumbs
birds sigh at the unkempt yard
since you sold the house
149
robins clamour “Thief!”
two crows make a run for it
posse in pursuit
150
grasshoppy bambis
skip along a garden wall
mom points out goodies
