Patti:

Birds outside the panes

Territory wars

Waking up to screams

Cicadas

Buck:

on my yoga mat

Red bird

Checking his territory

Kara:

summer has hatched

Carried away by

The wave of sound

Restless night

The sun and I awaken

By songbird’s lyric

Elena:

afternoon feeding

Activity on the lawn

The falcon and the sparrow

The scarlet brigade

Cardinals in the trees

Flirting & foraging

Sparrows stealing larva

Cicadas wail

Summer song

Melody:

Cicadas swarm and thrum overhead

Empty shells crunch underfoot

Birds with fat bellies sit

Holly:

two songs quiet on the ledge

Take flight at dawn

Winged acrobats

Share the feast

Of nightfall

Dusk calls the

Mourning doves

To each other

Amy:

trio of crows

Devouring a snake

Is it a murder?

Whippoorwill song at dusk

Says good night

Rosalie:

the party’s over!

It’s time to RSVP to 2038

Thundering rain

Silences cicada’s chatter

Out my window a bird stares in

I stare back

Who wins?

Petra-crack

Utter silence

Except for birds chirping

Dick:

Rolling thunder–

rain sprays

through my open window

Awakened this morning–

the sunrise chorus

of robins

the cat crouches

the bluebird leaves

the strawberries for later

ripening blueberries

black capped chickadees

stand by

A coopers hawk soaring

eyes the blackbird nest

John:

fat birds again

happy squirrels too

the cicadian rhythm banquet