Our host, Chèvrefeuille, at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai explains that “Tengri” means ‘sky worship’; haiku is part of Tengrism … look around you …. see the signs of nature and read them … just read them.
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On her walk Sunday, she was attracted by the sounds of hundreds of birds chirping in several trees. Her head up she sees flocks of birds flying south. What were these birds doing in the trees. It was nippy that day as well with very cool winds. She regretted not having brought an extra sweater to put under her spring coat, better still, her winter coat would have been a much wiser choice.
So many birds were flying past this tree filled with birds. “Perhaps they are resting before flying further south,” she thought. She stopped to take in the concert and listen to the birds harmonize. Such wonder to stop for a moment and breathe in nature’s richness, even in a big city!
A collective
birds plan their long journey
gathered together
gathered together
sort out their pecking orders,
sing in harmony
sing in harmony
she listens with reverence,
nature’s grace
© Tournesol ’15/11/24
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
What a splendid haibun .. it must have been a fantastic experience!
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It truly was, I thought of you and Janice who love to write about birds and take photos. Wish I could remove the honk of the car in that video
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Ah … can’t have everything … but it was great anyway 🙂
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Very nice haibun. Thanks for sharing beautiful concert and words!
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Thank you, it was a lovely concert and great way to start my first shift of the week.
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That’s lovely. It must have been joyful to have seen so many birds singing together.
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It was…I think they did fly south, have not seen them since and I walk by that building every day.
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How wonderful 🙂
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I do feel privileged to see them. I shared this with my supervisor who tells me there is a show at a museum this week with birds and guitars..apparently the birds play music. I’ll let you know later about it.
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I look forward to hearing about that – it sounds impossible. 🙂
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🙂
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Oh yes! What a great experience. Were they Starlings?
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I couldn’t tell but then again, I am terrible with birds…they looked like blackbirds but they could have been starlings.
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They are similar!
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I know and they were so high. I may visit an old friend who is a bird watcher…she used to work in homecare and entertained her clients with information about birds.
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So very perfect!
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I was telling Georgia (Bastet) that I had you and her in mind when I was watching this performance.
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