The Foraging Ibis Bark

The foraging ibis bark.

One opens wide his beak

and emits a harsh tune:

Ack, ack, ack, AAAAH, ack,

repeats it exactly.

He meant it!

Jay Ungar (and Molly Mason and The Family Band) play Ashokan Farewell

he closes his eyes

over the notes

of his sweet violin —

haunting song of farewell
but his half-smile is bliss

Spring Has Arrived

The lorikeets are here!

With a quick shriek

two lights, bright green

dive out of the bottlebrush tree,

zap the air, skim the roof
and vanish.