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Breakfast for a Robin

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

0 posted 1999-08-25 11:10 AM

Breakfast for a Robin

Through the window came the morning,
Swiftly silent without warning.
Showering me in dawns new light,
Bathing away the sleep of night.

On my sill there perched a robin,
Breast of red and head a bobbin,
Without the slightest of constrain,
Peeking under my window pane.

Looking in for I know not what,
But quite intent upon some spot.
When I noticed on my sill,
A silverfish very still.

The silverfish jumped to faster
And that became a disaster.
The robin struck with lightning draw.
And the silverfish was no more.

The end of night and first of light,
I'll have to think, upon this sight.

INclan
Senior Member

since 1999-07-20

Posts 1024
Indiana, USA

1 posted 1999-08-25 02:26 PM

Well done and well written. A moment captured in verse. Could you distill it down to a simple haiku?

INclan

Sunshine

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2 posted 1999-08-25 03:31 PM

Bam! Gone! Good one, Seymour!

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 1999-08-25 05:45 PM

sunshine,
Bam, Bam thank you mam.
INclan,
Your haiku

Silver fish beware
The Robin and his fast draw
Or you'll be no more.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

4 posted 1999-08-25 10:42 PM

This was a good one! Nature, good to watch!

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 1999-08-26 08:37 AM

WhtDove,
Watching nature is one of my favorate past times. Thanks for the read and comment.

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