Today's NaPoWriMo prompt is to write a haibun (a combination of prose and haiku) about the natural landscape of where you live.
Homespun Haibun
If you look out the front windows of our house you will see a typical suburban street, with other houses, mail boxes, people coming and going in their cars, and children playing ball, riding bicycles, and just running around. But if you look out the back windows, you will see woods, and it is easy to imagine that you are away from what we call civilization. At this time of year the ground is covered with brown leaves from last fall, and the trees are still leafless. It's a scene of gray and brown, though a bright red cardinal or two will occasionally punctuate the earth tones.
Like a beating heart
in a skeleton of trees,
cardinal wings flap.
There are other birds, of course. Yesterday we saw a bluebird. Robins and crows are quite common, and we see the occasional blue jay. We see other animals besides birds, of course, mostly squirrels climbing up and down the trees. Deer also wander by quite often, as well as rabbits and opossums.
Looking in vain for
their vanishing habitat --
displaced animals.
Our cat, Gizmo, loves to sit on the back deck and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of whatever is out there. His fluffy white fur and intense blue eyes make him look rather regal as he sits and takes it all in. I think he wants to know about everything that goes on. I am often reminded of the Cowardly Lion from "The Wizard of Oz" singing, "I am the king of the forrreeeeesssssst!"
Red point Siamese,
a lion in his own mind,
oversees his realm. - Jeff Barnes
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