Haiku 249
Mythical fire bird
Wings aflame as you fly off
Mystery intact
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I heard a bird singing somewhere in the bare branches of my neighbour’s winter tree. It took me a while to spot him, but I couldn’t make out his species.
Suddenly he took off, with a flash of his wings.
It was a Phoenix! The mythical fire bird.
AndΒ in a blinding light, he vanished!
How fortunate was I, to witness this extremely rare bird, from my back garden!
post script: I think from his size and song, he was a Red-winged starling. It explains why his red wing feathers lit up as he flew away, with the sunlight shining through them from the behind.
Great capture although just a flash. One can make out the bird image. Nice haiku too.ππ
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Thank you very much π
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Like the Haiku and the imagination of Phoenix, Scifi
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hehe Thank you π
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To glimpse such things brings such joy.
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Yes, I think so too π
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Such a cool one! Love the fantastical element to it. “Mystery intact”, so awesome.
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Thank you so much π
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Fitting that a phoenix with rise from the dead of winter. Thanks for putting a smile on my face.
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Aw Thank you so much π
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Hahahah!! I’m going with the Phoenix! Or the starling could have been having a wonderful fantasy that he was really a Phoenix and you bought it!! Great picture.
Ginger
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Oh it was real all right – I just add alternatives for the Down to Earth readers! π π
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Maybe just a speck in your eye. Or your imagination. π
The Phoenix fascination will be around long after we have gone.
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The camera doesn’t lie – so it must have been a real phoenix! π π
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I need to get one of those cameras. π
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I like the Phoenix explanation! We need a little whimsy in our lives.
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I totally agree! Anything to lift us out of the humdrum at the moment. π
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I liked your Haiku. It could have been a Phoenix. Was it an Ash tree that he rose out of?π
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Thank you π
Oh I really wish it had been an Ash tree! haha π
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