Shloka Shankar & Susan Constable: Wednesday Haiku, #185

Banded Bay Cuckoo by Sandeep Gangadharan

cuckoo's call...
ticking past my regrets,
the grandfather clock

Shloka Shankar

Whiskey Jack by Pero Despotovic

a whiskey jack
eating out of my hand
feathered sunlight

Susan Constable

Japanese Nightingale (Crow in background)  (1:25)

mountain crows
bring the mountain nightingales
when you come

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

And a little something that sums it all up: "Sorrow in the Sky (Nightingale vs. Crow)" by the band Merz

Hooded Crow by Uncle Bucko

best,
Don

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Rehn Kovacic & Bart Solarcyzk: Wednesday Haiku, #152

Photo by 顔なし

Incense smoke mingles
      with discarded thoughts—
          temple gong.

Rehn Kovacic

 

 Photo by BMP

November clouds
smiling dog
bites the wind

Bart Solarczyk

Photo by M.Nishimura

taking turns
with the prayer gong...
mountain cuckoo

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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