Poetry and poësie

Black-eyed Bulbul - Pycnonotus barbatus

Slow is no

Dip in now
it is now dip dash dive
in and out, down and up, flash
I see from the rim of my eye
you are here, you are there
you are gone, I am here, dip and peck
in and out up, down, pick and take
peck and take it’s mine up and down
flash, who is here bigger than me,
peck and pick flash his wing is strong
last time down and up, peck pick
my crumb before you and he
before anybody else, I am now
I am here, racing my life
as fast I can, fast I can
slow is no, fast is yes.

Enough for now, soon I will dive
down here again up …
now!
I am not here.

Black-collared Barbet - Lybius torquatus

Two Bulbuls

Photos by De Waal Venter