roundup

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roundup of robins

preludes winter’s last full moon

spring is in the wings,

a curtain of leaves will come,

conceal their feathered presence

~

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Published by Janice

My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

23 thoughts on “roundup”

  1. I saw starlings or some other tiny birds through the bushes without leaves yesterday. The phrase “curtain of leaves” reminded me of those birds. Also “feathered presence” made me think that leaves are like feathers on trees.

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  8. You are so right about the roundup. Down here, before the curtain of leaves, there’s a shower of Robin leaving on my car every day. I like your poem. It’s beautiful and easier to handle than the black “snow”, lol

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  11. so many layers to your poem its so lovely to read and daydream it. spring is in the wings, like waiting to appear and in the excited flutter of the birds feeling the coming of spring. the curtain of leaves hiding the petite feathered creatures and also like an act waiting to happen. really beautiful imagery

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