Catch-22

Oranges and nectar
for colorful birds, attract
detested insects.

skat@2018

Psycho

Frozen feeders need
raging stabs with kitchen knife,
manic-faced in deed.

skat@2018

Cleaning Day

Rinsed red silo hangs;
hummingbird’s truly flummoxed.
Bare feeder-hook thing
dangling from chokecherry branch–
one sparrow swings so gaily.

skat@2017

Al fresco dining

Oblivious dove
gets a safflower-shower
of seeds from above.

skat@2017

Flierarchy

Black-bibbed sparrow tucks
In to his seedy breakfast–
Must have called, “first dibs!”.

skat@2016