Cormorant

Leaf 226 – Senryu (or witty, tom-foolery)

 

Tim Chamberlain - Cormorant on Shinobazu Pond (2004)

I’ve always thought that ‘Bela Lugosi’ might be a good nickname for these birds …

 

 

Dracula silhouette –

a cormorant airing

water-soaked wings.

 

 

 

Bela Lugosi as Dracula (1931)

This poem was originally written and posted on Bluesky in response to a #dailyhaikuprompt: 'soaked.'