Robert Demaree- haiku/senryu

WOODS SEQUENCE

Big Birds

Blackbird, grackle, crow,

Each one bigger than the last

On the finch feeder.

Loons

The loon’s mournful call,

Long descent into water:

Dinner on the pond.

Prowlers

Gray squirrels and chipmunks
Prowl beneath the bird feeder:

Leftovers for lunch

Hummingbird

Hummingbird hovers,

Much energy expended:

One gulp of nectar.

Goldfinches

Two male goldfinches,

Handsome but sloppy eaters:

Meaties on the ground.

ADVANCING YEARS

Football

Waiting for the bus,

Joey and I toss the ball:

Elderly tight end.

Second Career

Aging consultant

Continues to give advice,

No longer charges.

Birthday Card

Looking for a card:

Humorous, age seventy;

Not finding any.

Senior Members

Men I barely knew

At Kiwanis on walkers

And then not at all.

Address File

Cleaning up the e-mail list:

Deleting duplicates, the disaffected,

Those known in a previous life,

Those moved on to the next.

Robert Demaree is the author of four collections of poems, including Fathers and Teachers, April 2007, and  Mileposts, October 2009, both published by Beech River Books, and Things He Thought He Already Knew, published online in 2007 by Slow Trains. The winner of the 2007 Conway, N.H., Library Poetry Award, he is a retired school administrator with ties to North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, where he lives four months of the year. He has had over 600 poems published or accepted by 130 periodicals. For further information see http://www.demareepoetry.blogspot.com