For Colleen Chesebro’s #TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 334, 8/22/23 I wrote a haiku. The Kigo words I chose for the haiku are cormorant and sea of clouds.
Southern wind blowing the cormorant plunges deep in a sea of clouds Lesley Scoble, August 2023
“the cormorant plunges deep”
A little bit about the cormorant
Cormorants live in coastal and freshwater environments. I often watch them flying close to the surface of the Thames. I witnessed one swallowing an eel whole.
Cormorants are excellent divers and swimmers using their webbed feet to propel themselves underwater to catch fish.
Unlike most birds, their feathers are less waterproof to allow them to dive deeper and stay submerged for longer. They can dive 20 to 30 meters (65 to 100 feet). Some species even reaching 45 meters (148 feet).
They perch with their wings spread out to dry after swimming.
I sometimes think of the bird as a modern pterodactyl.
PTERODACTYLUS ANTIQUUS Artwork done for the "Palaeos" paleontology blog. Based on directions of the paleontologist Roberto Díaz Sibaja.Artwork: Julio Garza
Thank you Colleen, for your inspirational #TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge.
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright, (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
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