Black Hills Audubon Society

Four Haiku

Five artistic ducks
weave checkerboard square of light
across the water

In winter silence
the heron's wings part the mist
above the river

I watch the shore birds
as they move in unison
on a foamy beach

Listening deeply
I hear ten thousand bird songs
welcoming spring-time

by Jan McMillan

Jan McMillan's first chapbook of poetry, Night Gift, was published in 2003 (A Sain Return Press). Her haiku as been published in Geppo, the haiku study-work journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society. In 2000 she was recognized for her haiku "smoky moon rising" by the society's Kiyoshi Tokutoni Memorial Haiku Competition. Jan is retired and lives in Westport, Washington. She is the president of Grays Harbor Audubon Society. Her family, the spiritual power of nature and the human process of grief inspire her work.

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