This piece is written in the tankabun form using modern tanka instead of traditional. It was inspired by.. well a different kind of bitd song..)
Cacophony
Such a discordance
Of chirps, tweets, and warbled voice
Makes me wonder
If the master composer
Has misplaced his feathered baton
It is not the beauty of song that draws me outdoors, braving the damp frigidity of this winter morning... it is the sheer noise! This is not a collaborative effort becoming one avian voice. This is not harmony of sparrow and wren, warbler and finch. No, this is an exclamatory oration from each, determined to be heard in their collective audacity. I laugh, joining the non-melodious flock, as realization shivers through me. These are the off-key mutterings of winged friends, discovering that winter has neither frozen their wardrobes nor silenced their voices. The master's baton has not been misplaced after all and even he applauds them and this... an impromptu composition of feathered cacophony.
Great choice of words to report the morning chatter of our feathered friends. I sat for an hour just watch their comings and goings, abatement with heavy snowfall, resumption after its hiatus.
Best regards,
Leland
This is beautiful Myrna. When I hear the birds in winter I always think their complaining and calling for the sun and warmth or that their hollering at their flock out of cabin/tree fever. LOL
I love to hear any birds voices in the Winter but the chirping of the sparrows is the most noticeable and pleasing as they have a party in one of my bushes everyday.
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Best regards,
Leland
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Cheers,
Dan