school of gar splashes
startled by passing kayak
a kingfisher dives
This haiku using the kigo of kingfisher is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #143: Choose-your-own
Summer Kigo.
This actually occurred yesterday while I was kayaking.
Image source: Smithsonian/National Museum of Asian Art
Kingfisher, by Tsukioka Kōgyo
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It is great when real life interrupts!
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🙂 It sure makes for a memorable experience.
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That must have been so cool to see! I had to look up both gar and kingfishers to see what they looked like. Kingfishers are cute–but probably not so much to fish. 😀
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The kingfisher are about the size of a bluejay. Gar can grow to over three feet long. These were smaller, some six inches & others 15 inches. I don’t know what luck the bird would have had. I’ve watched kingfisher hit the water a couple of times, almost like a skipping stone, which is interesting since their flight tends to be up and down like a wave. Their call is like a chatter.
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Interesting. Thanks!
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Such vivid imagery. I did a kingfisher for draw a bird day not too long ago. There are so many different kinds–I was surprised. (K)
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #1 (6/15/20): Ken Gierke’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thanks for sharing this, Frank.
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I had to look up gar & kingfisher also. That gar looks like an alligator. Must’ve been something to see. That mouth and teeth looks fearsome.
Pat
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🙂 Fortunately these were small.
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So cool and so vivid. Very nice!
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Thank you, Lisa.
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My pleasure!
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stark imagery of nature at work!
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Thank you.
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