Frank Tassone Haikai Challenge #17 Hawk – Haibun

#Haiku Happenings #2: Kiwinana’s latest #haibun for my current #Haikai challenge!

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Frank Tassone Haikai Challenge #17 Hawk – Haibun

Photo Credit – Swamp Harrier in New Zealand.

Frank say’s write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, tanka, haibun, renga/renku, haiga, etc.) in which you name or reference Hawk.

Hawk Haibun

Sad to say we don’t see many New Zealand Hawks. Living on the farm in Okoki you would see them occasionally circling around the ranges looking for food, then along would come a half-a-dozen Magpies attacking them, the hawk would try to fly away, many times the magpies would bring them down.

walking around bush
there on the ground a dead hawk
magpies won again

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Photo Credit – An immature Brown Goshawk in flight chased by a Magpie.

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3 responses to “Frank Tassone Haikai Challenge #17 Hawk – Haibun”

Victoria C. Slotto

January 21, 2018

I found this, Frank, but can’t seem to connect with Mr. Linky…there is none. I am having a challenge navigating your blog.

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Victoria C. Slotto

January 21, 2018

By the way, I like your haibun. I have never seen a dead hawk, but plenty of feathers, the result of the struggle of smaller birds to survive. Predator/prey–a reminder of our fragility.

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Frank J. Tassone

January 21, 2018

Thank you, Victoria, but this Haibun is not mine, but Kiwinana’s of Ramblings of a writer. That’s why you can’t find my mister Linky.

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