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May 1, 2013 By Jim Kacian 12 Comments

Per Diem for May: Look to the Sky!

Gene Murtha is our Guest Editor for Per Diem in May. Along with being a haiku poet, Gene is an avid birdwatcher, and his overlapping interests are on display in this month’s Per Diem gallery. Gene writes:

May is one of our better months to look to the sky, and you will be surprised at what you may see, besides possibly Superman or an airplane; “it’s a bird.” The avian. In these selections I want to share with you my love and my passion for nature through poems which are among the best bird haiku ever written. These haiku bring out the obvious, and not so obvious; even a poem that does not include the name of a bird. So open up your field guides and enjoy the ride.

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  1. Lorin says

    May 22, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    the long night ending –
    figbirds in the fig tree
    whistle up the sun

    – Presence #45, January 2012

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  2. Pamela Cooper says

    May 22, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    telephone wire-
    the tap-tapping
    of a woodpecker

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  3. Lorin says

    May 13, 2013 at 6:47 am

    edge of winter –
    sparrows huddle
    on the ploughshare

    – Presence #37, January 2009

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  4. h gene murtha says

    May 12, 2013 at 7:14 pm

    My extended apology to Marian Olson for her haiku getting cropped, the word “heron,” along with her name are missing from today’s bird haiku.

    Sincerely,

    Gene

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  5. Ellen Grace Olinger says

    May 5, 2013 at 5:00 am

    thunder
    who is the bird
    still singing?

    Time of Singing, Summer 2006

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  6. Lorin says

    May 4, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    first sunny day –
    children and gulls take turns
    in the puddle

    – Famous Reporter, June 2009

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  7. Pamela Cooper says

    May 3, 2013 at 10:41 am

    cardinal’s call-
    the change
    in his pace

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  8. h gene murtha says

    May 2, 2013 at 11:17 pm

    Only a couple of errors so far, but hey? Sorry Micheal for the poem that was not included for
    this project. I hope every one has fun. Gene

    least bittern
    I hold the paddle tight
    against the current

    pond shimmer
    there not there
    grebes

    The Heron’s Nest

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  9. Lorin says

    May 2, 2013 at 10:23 pm

    fish story
    a cormorant spreads its wings
    wider

    – Stylus Poetry Journal, April 2006

    – Lorin

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  10. Pamela Cooper says

    May 2, 2013 at 11:28 am

    before the rain drops of birdsong

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  11. Barbara A Taylor says

    May 2, 2013 at 1:37 am

    into icy depths
    the whoosh of a gannet
    right on target

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  12. Ellen Grace Olinger says

    May 1, 2013 at 5:26 am

    A wonderful idea, Gene. I follow some blogs by serious birdwatchers. Their photos are amazing and I learn a lot. They enjoy poetry about nature as well.

    A late Spring here in Wisconsin. The robins and red-wings returned over a week later than last year.

    Ellen

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