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The Crow

Audio Recordings / tagged Birds, Death, Hunting, Youth / May 13, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Two boys and crow at fifty yards
two shots as one the crow fell still
we laughed and ran
whose hit whose miss
two holes in head
as close as this
0 0
the life was in our eyes and skill
too far from death to understand a kill

Eagle Eye at Eighteen

Audio Recordings / tagged Birds, Hunting, Regret / May 12, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The Golden Eagle hangs
on a string of grace
a hundred yards
to the west

I raise the 32-20
Winchester
and squeeze off
a shot

Dead hit in the breast
the string breaks and it drops

Quick voice in my head
Damn fine shot

Slow voice from my heart
Damn fool

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Eagle on the Moon

Audio Recordings, Environment, Nature, Relationships / tagged Aboriginals, First Nations, Healing, Wisdom / May 11, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

When the Eagle lands on the moon
the Indian will come back
into his power

When the mother is in pain
the children who never forgot
will remind

They will have the medicine
to heal her wounds
They will sit with her while
strength returns

And the children who forgot
will remember
and bring flowers

Motherin Up

Audio Recordings, Cowboy Poetry, Cows, Relationships / tagged Survival / May 10, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

On the Trampoline

Audio Recordings / tagged Children, Connections, Fun, Healing / May 9, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Alura and I jump till we're tired
decide my leg is broken in two places
and rest looking up at yellow butterflies
and squirrels playing in the twinning tree
as fall winds rock it toward a winter's sleep

The young nurse writes prescriptions
lays on healing hands
sprays medicine from an atomizer pen
a few sharp-stick injections in the arm
and I am well again

Indian River, Ontario

Audio Recordings, Haiku, Nature, Travel / tagged Beauty, Birds, Water / May 7, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Above waterfall
in circle of highest pine
green showers down

By the waterfall
body rests in hammock
cells rush to the sea

Below waterfall
power beyond soap and rub
washes off city

Lying on the bank
trees holding blue hammock
lift it to the sky

Indian River
great blue heron stands
wise Tibetan monk

Series of Haiku inspired by a visit to the Swinwoods

Still Missing Georgian Bay

Audio Recordings, Nostalgia, String Too Short To Save, Travel / May 5, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Still missing Georgian Bay
Every day farther away

Missing Georgian Bay

Audio Recordings, Haiku, Travel / tagged Canada, Great Lakes, Ontario, Water / May 4, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Missing Georgian Bay
with its many shades of grey
and a million years a day

150 Shades

Audio Recordings, Nature, Travel / tagged Persective / May 3, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

(for Roxy)
A hundred and fifty shades
of County Grey on Georgian Bay

There's a dog now by the dock

Like other dogs
she does not see colours well

Unlike other dogs
she lives where beauty has no need

Georgian Bay Morning

Audio Recordings, Haiku, Travel / tagged Art & Artists / May 2, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Sometimes an artist
has to look up from her art
geese may be flying

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