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Songbirds drag their troubles into the sky,
old grudges sparking new passions,
modesty abandoned to the wind.

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Spectacled Bulbul

Searching for breaks in a winter land of mist and snow,
songbirds feel the lure of faraway springs.

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Songbirds jostle for position
with no time to waste, waking sleepy clouds
from their spring sleep.

A wake of snowflakes,
a faint impression of a nuthatch,
stealing a seed before disappearing
into my imagination.

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Discards from the Hollywood dream factory,
songbirds on the lam,
defiant vaudevillians caught in the act,
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Settling in the pauses between seasons,
obscure coordinates frame a songbird's journey
past a dying, dazzling sun.

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A energetic songbird makes a noisy show
of its disapproval with an interloping starling,
a frontal assault on the open border policy of my...More

Two rebellious songbirds full of nervous energy,
unlikely hybrids of wind and delirium,
avian punks go for broke without brakes,
a knockout...More

Southern Grey Shrike

Katharine Hepburn said, “He gives her class and she gives him sex.”

Shedding all inhibitions,
avian dancers defy gravity.More

Equal parts form and function,
she surveys the remains of a weathered yard,
one last stop on a low-altitude flyby.

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Sardinian Warbler

Half-crazy with wind-lust,
a finch shakes off a dream,
leaving winter’s touch behind.

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Songbirds battle over bad manners
in the country of clouds,
a momentary dispute passes
like a mocking wind.

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Her passions are transformed into gold,
the arrogance and bluster of her wings
spark lightning.

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Catching a renegade by surprise before she reaches the boiling point, her wings steal the show.

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Southern GreyShrike

European Stonechat

As randy as a pair of spring songbirds,
stealing a glimpse past a glowing wing,
eavesdropping on a tangle of feathers in flight.
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A commotion in the sky,
tripping heedlessly through breezes,
bearing messages to the poles.

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Songbird Theater:
No longer waiting for him in some elusive past,
she cuts him loose from her dreams.

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A songbird escapes the day's last sunlight,
darting between snowflakes against the outlines
of darkening trees,
cheating winter's...More

Lost in a bubble of passion,
oblivious to a winged voyeur,
the sky burns with their blazing melodrama.

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