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Common Bird

A haikulet

By Michelle Liew Tsui-LinPublished about 3 hours ago 1 min read
AI Pigeon Image generated by the author

Today is Celebration of Life - a day when the ordinary is finally lauded.

Real beauty, like the iridescent neck of the common pigeon, is often unrecorded.

True beauty, though, doesn't need recognition. It exists - and that's recognition enough.

🐦✨

Feathers gracing ledge

Wings neat, furled and unhurried

Iridescent neck

🐦✨

Feet stride past, no glance

It pecks the ground, still unmoved

Head quietly bobs.

🐦✨

Bert sees its true form

Beauteous and unrecognized

Quietly dances.

For Mikeydred;s January Challenge:

Haiku

About the Creator

Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin

Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.

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