#grackles
The annual avian
stormtroopers and
Luftwaffe have attacked
allied fortresses
of our smaller
fine
feathered friends --
Chickadees
Finches
&
Wrens --
and have taken
many of their strongholds
this spring here in the
Far North pillaging
needed and perhaps
unneeded sustenance
from our allies
storehouses leaving
nothing in their wake
but an avian version
of empty nest syndrome.
These black-clad
Heckle & Jeckle
Grackle Gestapo
with their click click
machine gun
sputtering sounds
think we don't notice their
clever tricks as they
nonchalantly hop
downward from branch
to branch and shuffle
side-ways on our fence
whistling as they move
one way but their
manipulating gaze at
food supplies plans
another.
But our smaller brave
fine feathered friends
hold their ground to
fight the good fight of
faith propagating
their species as the
human species also
struggles with and
against the odds of
blind and partially
blind instinct.
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM UTC
Grackles
Pecking at the lawn.
Pulling out terrified worms
Grass
Still wet from spring
Showers. Bright emerald green
Green
Sunlight hitting the blades
Just right. Backyard lushness
Grief
Already grieving for the
End of summer. Why?
May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020 at 12:07 AM UTC
Grackles singing black
Beaking notes of melanchol-
Panoramically
Feb 27, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 at 3:28 PM UTC