Voleur

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Opportunist waits
Poised and ready to take flight
Mission accomplished

The banquet is prepared. The flutter of wings heralds the arrival of my black-garbed guests. Sparrows pick at fallen crumbs, but the lion’s share will go to the jackdaws. They are fascinating to watch…crafty, stealthy, pouncing and departing with their chosen morsels. Watching them, I realise something I have always known, bur never noticed… the French verb voler means both to steal and to fly… and the jackdaws are masters of both.

Un voleur volant
Regard malin aiguisé
Maître du moment

For Colleen’s poetry challenge

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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18 Responses to Voleur

  1. layuephoto says:
    September 7, 2017 at 14:19

    Great catch 🙂

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  2. pensitivity101 says:
    September 7, 2017 at 15:12

    I have fond childhood memories of a jackdaw, which my Dad nursed back to health and pictures to prove it!
    Hope your hospital appointment goes OK Sue (meant to say on the writephoto prompt). Take care.

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  3. Bridgesburning Chris says:
    September 7, 2017 at 15:23

    Steal and fly. such determined looks. Don’t think I would want to be between them and their target!

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  6. frankjtassone says:
    September 8, 2017 at 02:21

    Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
    #haiku happenings #5: Sue Vincent offers a new #haibun.

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  7. Colleen Chesebro says:
    September 8, 2017 at 02:45

    Oh, Sue! This was a marvelous Haibun. I love the sweet finches that come to my feeder. The last week or so I’ve noticed Grackles, those blue-black birds coming to the feeder to eat the nyjer seeds. They are quite rowdy, indeed. ❤

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