can you hear the birds
february’s songbirds, they’re
chattering, they’re here.
© 2017 Michelle Kogan
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Love your haiku Michelle! What a sweet relief to finally hear the songbirds! I live in Florida now but well I remember any harbinger of spring in freezing Boston!
Thanks B.J., my ears are always listening, and eyes looking for the birds all throughout the winter.
Thanks B.J.,that would be a treat to hear the birds continuously!
Lovey haiku and sketch. It’s been too chilly to stay outside long enough to hear the birds other than the honking of the sandhill cranes as they migrate through our area.
Thanks Kay! Hope it warms up a bit where you are, I often look for the birds while on a quick walk or through my windows.
Thanks Kay! Your Sandhill crane would catch my attention, hope it warms up where you are! Thanks for your visit too!
Ah, yes. I love February song birds!
Thanks Dori!
Thanks Dori, and for visiting!
Your painting is gorgeous, Michelle, and that haiku, too, but our only song here right now is from chickadees. But they’re sweet to hear! I’m glad they’re there for you!
Thanks Linda, in the middle of winter any bird’s song is music to my ears!
I miss the goldfinches eating the echinacea seed, darting away as I go past. How can they perch on a bloom? I always wonder. Each year, I don’t deadhead my coneflowers, so they will come back.
That’s amazing, they are trapeze artists indeed! Thanks for coming by.
We’ve been hit with a very rare February snowstorm, so all of our songbirds are curled up in their nests!
Sending some thoughts for warmer weather your way, thanks for visiting!
I JUST (JUST!!!) heard a wren outside the window!
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks Penny, and for dropping by!
Michelle, this is so lovely: a haiku of hope, optimism, and promise of joys to come. How about combining it into an image poem for my winter gallery? It will fit beautifully with the theme.
I love your sketches – and oh, how I long for the return of spring! The snow has finally melted away, and I’m waiting for those songbirds to finally come home!
I do! I do! I await my beloved songbirds of spring each year. I love your work and your words!
Thanks Kiesha!
What a lovely invitation. We’ve had such a warm winter that our birds haven’t really left us. But, the songs of birds are such a comfort. Your sketch is beautiful? What do you use? Have a great week.
Thanks Linda, the sketch was created with a brush pen and a bit of watercolor.
LOVE LOVE LOVE your illustration! And the contrast between that visual and the songbirds…perfect for February! I’m watching the buds swell on the tree outside my classroom window — HOPE is alive!
Thanks, yes, I’m watching buds too Marylee!
Wonderful pairing of sketch and haiku, Michelle. I am sitting in summer het listening to galahs and other native birds enjoying the heat.
Hi Sally thanks! That’s a gorgeous bird, I had to look it up. I might have to do a painting of it and pair it up with a poem. Hope I get to your country one day too!
Yes, they are here, and I welcome the daily chatter! Such a beautiful pairing of poem and watercolor, Michelle. Oh! just noticed this is last week’s post. Thanks for the second chance to catch it!