Avian observations
Red-eyed doves on the roof:
she signals, he mounts,
then a flutter of wings –
the insistent repetitions
of blood that sings.
***
The storm approaching –
and yet, where
the aloe stirs,
a familiar
winged visitor –
nimble, undeterred –
sunbird.
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Dark glint
of beak, eyes, and feathers,
as he veers, manoeuvres, flip-flaps away –
startled crow.
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The call of an owl –
how deep the well
of night.
- Eduard Burle
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