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August 12, 2014

[doggerel] Great Blue

Because it’s August and I’m at a lake:

The great blue is such an ungainly bird
that “heron” should be an explainly word.

It flaps so slow as it takes to the air
I could beat it by climbing stairs.

It’s great, it’s blue, it’s a little absurd.
A pile of sticks became a bird.

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Categories: humor, poetry Tagged with: birds • poetry • summer Date: August 12th, 2014 dw

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August 11, 2013

Summer questions

Hummingbirds come to our capacious feeder, sip for a few seconds, and then leave. But why would they ever leave? Do they have something better to do?

If I set a trigger so that every time a hummingbird lands on our feeder, it plays a sound, can I then use that sound to assemble a hummingbird army? I’ll let you know.

Geese are monogamous, but can they be seduced? What would it take? I’m thinking snails would just be an insult. It’d probably take a flamingo.

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August 28, 2008

A Summer Poem

Ode to an Outdoor Shower

Bird watching
Becomes
Birds watching.

[Tags: poetry summer birdwatching humor ]

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Categories: Uncategorized Tagged with: birdwatching • humor • poetry • summer Date: August 28th, 2008 dw

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