winter cheer

 

 

punxsutawney phil

said there’ll be more winter chill—

 

but around here

there’s winter cheer and (root)beer,

 

tell that mole—

‘cause hawks are going to the super bowl

 

 

© 2026 jennifer wagner

 

poetic bloomings #580: relative cold

 

photo © ian wagner

Our Birds

Townsend's Warbler,

the Pileated Woodpecker,

Varied Thrush.

Red-breasted Nuthatches,

Black-capped Chickadees,

Chestnut-backed, too.

Pine Siskins,

a Red-winged Blackbird,

the Steller's Jays.

Dark-eyed Juncos,

Broad-tailed Hummingbirds,

Band-tailed Pigeons--yes, it's true!

Northwestern Crows,

crow, crow, crow--

the No-doubt Seahawks

are going to go

go, go!

© 2015 Jennifer Wagner

image © 2015 Jennifer Wagner

"No doubt" Seahawks and the 12's return to the Superbowl as defending champs (and the 12^th team to do it).

For my boys. A list poem with all the birds we have identified in our yard.

XII: The Beaufort Wind Force Scale

oh, you know it’s real.  my neighbor’s window. 

photo © 2014 Jennifer Wagner

Twelve basic hues

in the color wheel.

Twelve steps

in recovery.

Twelve inches

in a foot.

Twelve people

on the moon.

Twelve baskets

of fragments.

Twelve days

of Christmas.

Twelve tribes.

Twelve disciples.

Twelve months.

A dozen.

And it’s also

the maximum

wind speed

of a hurricane,

again!

© 2014 Jennifer Wagner

Seahawks and the power of the 12th man win Super Bowl XLVIII!  Check it out:  12th Night: Number Featured in Win.

Osprey

Osprey

Image found in the Public Domain

Osprey is hungry—

had the niner,

tattooed and tough,

but that meal wasn’t enough.

So, says he,

it’s off to New York,

feels like I could eat a horse.

© 2014 Jennifer Wagner

Ok, so I am having a bit of fun.  The Seahawks beat the 49ers for the NFC Championship and are going to Superbowl XLVIII to face the Broncos!  The seahawk is another name for the bird of prey the osprey.