11 Ways of Looking at a Magpie

The Mag-Pie Poetry Project: a collaborative celebration of all things 'magpie', edited by John Malone and written by John and fellow writers on Facebook, in haiku or haiku-like verse.
These poems were collected over a period of only two days and appear in roughly the order in which they were received:

11 Ways of Looking at a Magpie

low-flying magpie
dips wings, changes direction;
watching child applauds.

deborah green


punch-drunk magpie: pounding his reflection

john malone


black and white;
surely brown and grey?
half there in yellow grass

abigail dunleavy


heat wave ---
a magpie looks up
at the closed tap

myron lysenko


sticky-beak --
a magpie flies away
with the cat's lunch

maya lyubenova


persistent begging
of baby magpie. Gaping
mouth worm-filled. Silence

trevor hampel


cracking dawn
black white flash of
magpie beak

susan hawthorne


evening worship
in the silence between chants
magpie carolling

lyn reeves


after the shouting
two magpies in the garden
keeping their distance

rob scott


The 'Pies are out of the finals.
He sits and scratches at
the Magpie on his chest
but it won't fly off.

andrew burke


spring morn; cycling
through smoggy traffic, skirting parks
with trees --- and magpies

amelia walker


thank you to John Malone for the concept and for editing; John thanks all the contributors for what was for him a first and an exciting project.