blackbirds


fifty one blackbirds
strung across telephone wires
late autumn garland

22 comments:

Greyscale Territory said...

Definitely echoes of Hitchcock worlds happening here! Love the atmosphere in this photo!

one more believer said...

beauty of a photo..and yr ku captures it soooo well.... now did you count or just a guess...haha...hope yr havin a great turkey day!!!

Quiet Paths said...

Really a super verse and striking photo. Hope you are enjoying your family.

lisaschaos said...

I love finding clusters of birds on wires. :) Hope you're having a great weekend!

Cynthia said...

elegant.

Crafty Green Poet said...

beautiful!

Annie said...

Love this.

Rambling Woods said...

Great photo...love the line of birds..

angie said...

wow -- that is a wonderful picture! you always seem to have such luck with the bird photos. ;)

beautiful haiku, too.

Shraddha@theselfloveproject said...

oh those are beautiful!!!

Shraddha@theselfloveproject said...

i absolutely love your new background..it adds to your blog a lot!!

lovely..

Karen said...

Did you really count? Your words and photo - perfect!

Lynda Lehmann said...

Very nice, Michele! And fitting for the seaon!

lissa said...

the pics' makes me think of autumn, the poem goes quit well with the pic

B.Held said...

Stunning work ;-)

Red Bird said...

Oh, this is wonderful, Michelle- picture and words! My dad used to call these guys "troopers"!
:)

fourwindshaiga said...

I love it! A garland of blackbirds. Wonderful.

TC said...

Did you really count them?!!? If so, I'm beyond impressed. Wow.

Bone said...

Aww, you counted them?!?! That sounds exactly like something I would do :)

christine said...

Beautiful photo and poem.

Tumblewords: said...

Terrific - love the 'garland'. Nifty post, surely!

Deb said...

Beautiful imagery, words & photo, all!