red

vibrant, primary,

the first color

unfurling hope and renewal

cardinal

morning in April

grey stillness light caught in trees

cardinal whistles

dancing

on feathers the

air under wings flying

lines of lightness remembering

a song

We celebrate birds on the 8th of every month, but today, April 8, is the “official” Draw a Bird Day. A-Wing and A-Way once again posted about the yearly celebration, and Laura at Create Art Everyday began the monthly series last year. Nina and I are hosting until her schedule becomes more manageable.

You can read the story of the day’s origins here. This cinquain is for Dorie Cooper, who began it all.

cheerful

robin softly

appears as answer, as

laughter to soothe wounded spirits

look! spring.

The cinquains answer Jane Dougherty’s challenge. The haiku was the original NaPoWriMo poem I wrote for this post.

Artwork details, from top to bottom: neocolor, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, ink with colored pencil. I recently found the stitched birds in a bin in my closet; at one time I made embroidered bird napkins in the hopes of selling them, and these are from my prototypes.

To join in, put a link to your drawing or poem (poets welcome!) in the comments below, by copying and pasting the https for your post. We will do a round-up of all the birds sometime next week.