He’s an Oystercatcher. They nest in the adjacent grassland. – Crispina Kemp
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I am a wader
and my plumage is striking
there’s mud, grass, water
as I’m looking for mussels
since my brood is quite near here
~Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.~
it had been early
and it was still very dark
there was a warning
screech, alarm, I was on it
but everything had been fine
– Rabindranath Tagore
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For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday invites us to write a Tanka Puente.
Her suggested/optional theme is light versus dark.
luna's on line 
What beautiful poetic accompaniment!
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Thank you, Violet!
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Beautifully written Chris.
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Thanks so much, Sadje!
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You’re very welcome dear friend
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the man from maine
no not even spain
oysters and the lobster hen then
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He might be interesting, or at least eating something, would that be right?
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right that none are left either. pure hegemonic devoring that is.
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Thanks for sharing a bit about the Oystercatcher, Chris. I enjoyed the photo and the poem most of all. A delightful read, my friend.
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Aww, thank you so much, Diana. And, again, I was so pleased to have seen you. 💝
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The Oystercatcher is a new bird for me. Thanks for the introduction!
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I didn’t realise that the oystercatcher birds were not all around the world. Really interesting birds they are!
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🙂
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Beautiful poems, Chris.
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Thank you, Indira!
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What a beautiful bird and a very beautiful bird poem and Tagore’s poem is beautiful.
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Thank you so much, Thomas.
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he’s a new bird and so pretty, along with the poems
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Thanks so much, Beth – I’m glad you have met him now!
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lovely poem chris 💜💜
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Thanks a lot, Carol Anne! 💛💛
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Oystercatcher birds? How fun to learn something new, and delightful poems, Chris.
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Something new? Excellent! Those oystercatcher birds are rather interesting, and pretty too.
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😊❤️
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love learning about new birds (I don’t believe they are native to this portion of the Atlantic coastline)
and…and! poetry that reads like calligraphy
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I do know that there are many interesting oystercatchers by where I stay – the South Atlantic. But those ones have all black feathers.
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Tagore, a great poet and philosopher! A lovely take. Thank you, dear Chris. 💖🤗
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A great poet, eh? Well done for him! ✨ Glad I could use him for the lovely bird. 💛
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Hi Chris, I really love this poem. You knew I would 😊
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What a nice thing you’ve said, Robbie! Thanks a lot… I’m grinning. 😊
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🐧💜
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Two very very interesting takes, sweetly glued with the quote. Yay, I like it 😃🥰
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Aww, thanks so much, Crispina! 😊
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🙏🥰🥰🥰😎
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