staccato owl
hunter’s moon brightens the night
coyote yelping
owl
Owl at the Pond
Owl at the pond
big as my small dog
puffs out feathers
wets face
always looking around
It sees me in kitchen
watching as it goes
deeper into the water
shaking feathers
tipping
flipping
water on its back
breast deep now
looking around
repeats face wash again
and again
wings spread
then gone
Owl
Owls are in the neighborhood, calling to each other, a distinct voice in the woodland. Tonight a pair hunt for frogs by the pond as I watch their heads swivel, eyes set for any movement. Mayflies hop all day over the water but where are the birds?
There have been other predator, a hawk, kingfisher and great blue heron. We stopped putting fish in. The frogs come on their own. One year there were so many tadpoles! Where are they now? Where are the frogs, chipmunk, the squirrel?
beauty of nature
springs forth at the edge of pond
predator with prey
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dVerse prompt – haibun with a sense of compassion
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