no hiding
in water lilies
green heron
This haiku is my response to Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 193 #Poet’sChoice.
Photos: green heron, Missouri, 04 September 2020
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Wonderful!
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Thank you. 🙂
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I can’t believe how many water lilies there are! Looks like heaven on earth.
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This was on a 155 acre lake near my home that has several small arms that are filled with water lilies. This image has my route layered over it. You can see how the south end has a 10 acre floating island of water lilies.
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The lawn in the upper left corner is on a good slope. During the eclipse we shaded under a willow at the edge and came out into the light for photos.
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Very nice! I bet there’s all kinds of life in there.
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The images make me wish I could dive in, get lost amid the foliage and blooms, let my worries rinse right off, emerge all wet and glistening. Oh, to be a green heron for just a little while! [Though likely all this one wants is a juicy fish.]
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Thank you, Jazz. Meanwhile, about 50 feet away a kingfisher repeatedly hit the spot of open water at the edge of the lilies. I assume it finally was successful.
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How cool–the small heron and the waterlilies. I know the larger herons I’ve seen are usually in the shadows. I just looked up green heron and found this:
“The Green Heron is one of the world’s few tool-using bird species. It often creates fishing lures with bread crusts, insects, and feathers, dropping them on the surface of the water to entice small fish.”
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Interesting facts. Thanks, Merril! 🙂
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Ohhh, this is a perfect haiku, Ken. I love it. Did you actually see this heron and photograph him? Just gorgeous!
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🙂 Thank you, Colleen. Yes. I was floating at the edge of the water lilies, about 30 feet away.
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Amazing. What a beautiful shot!!
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Such a wonderful haiku to sit with. There is no hiding.
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Not with one this persistent! Thank you.
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Delighted.
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Oh! Lovely! The whole idea of herons, kingfishers and acres of water lilies is like a sort of Garden of Eden (without the fiery sword stuff).
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Thank you, Jane. It was a peaceful scene.
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It sounds blissful.
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I’ve got a Great Blue heron that visits our creek 🙂
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How cool!
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