mindful stone - 24 Jan 2014

waiting for crumbs
a one legged pigeon
leans into the wind

mindful stone - 18 Jan 2014

sheltered from wind,
a branch twitches
with playful sparrows

mindful stone - 8 Jan 2014

the young thrush
pokes it head through my back door,
showing no fear,
yet I fear for its innocence,
the innocence of nature

mindful stone - 1 January 2013

a conversation of birds
sitting on the telephone line

a river of stones - Jan 25 2012

the surrounding hills are not there, the morning mist lingers still
sea birds swoop and dive, freely above the becalmed harbour 
my eyes create my world, birds exist but the hills can never be.

a river of stones - Jan 24 2012

clear night sky
and still no moon
a chorus of birds
erupts in the early evening
blissfully unperturbed
by the dragon’s arrival

river of stones - Jan 4 2012

reading Kerouac’s  “Dharma Bums”,
concentration broken
by a bird
breaking a snail shell on my roof

a river of stones - July 31

I saw the world today

in that single moment

I looked into

the sparrow’s eye.

a river of stones - July 30

in the dark night sky

above the stadium,
a lone seagull circles

in the spotlights

then fades from view

a river of stones - July 16

walking along the garden path

a fantail keeps me company

hoping branch to branch

feeding on the many insects

startled by my movements

pausing, I look down

and reflect on the many lives

lost beneath my feet

a river of stones - July 7

winter rain

pounding my roof

and the Karearea call


http://www.whatbird.co.nz/audio/08audio-long.mp3

a river of stones - July 3

dawn –

splitting the darkness

from light

a Ruru call

A New Month

I turned to a pigeon 

sitting next to me

at the outdoor cafe.

"It's a new month" I said

"A new what?" 
he replied then
asked "have you 
finished with 
that muffin?"

a river of stones - Jan 28

near the water’s edge

a sparrow bathes

in the sand

a river of stones - Jan 24

a fern leaf droops

from the passing rain

ah! – a song bird

 

a river of stones - Jan 22

after dinner ,

the cormorant

offers up a prayer

to great Ra

a river of stones - Jan 20

a seagull swoops

across the valley

its shadow

climbing trees

 

a river of stones - Jan 19

the harbour is wild with white caps,

a seagull glides sideways into land
  

a river of stones - Jan 16

the strong northerly

has abated,

a small bellbird ventures

to the upper most branch

 

a river of stones - Jan 15

in the conifer

a pigeon roosts –

a cuckoo too