Bird Droppings

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Bird droppings (tori no fun)

***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation

A truely global phenomenon !

birds droppings, bird's droppings
The droppings of the bush warbler (nightingale) have a special place in Japan.
uguisu no fun　鶯の糞　うぐいすのふん

Read more haiku about this delicate subject HERE !

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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

a straight hit
on a bald head -
swallow in passing

ein Volltreffer
auf die Glatze -
Schwalbe im Durchflug



© Haiku by Gabi Greve
Haiga by Nakamura Sakuo



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hatsu-tsubame ... ... 初燕
yane no kazari ni ... ... 屋根の飾りに
nari ni keri ... ... なりにけり

.. .. .. first swallows -
.. .. .. left decorations
.. .. .. on the roof





erste Schwalben -
hinterlasse Dekorationen
auf dem Dach
© Haiku by Gabi Greve
More on the aftermath is here !


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鴬や餅に糞する縁の先
uguisu ya mochi ni fun suru en no saki

bush warbler -
a dropping on the rice cake
at the veranda's edge!
source : Makoto Ueda, googlebooks

. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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大津絵に糞落しゆく燕かな
Ootsu-e ni fun otoshi-yuku tsubame kana

a swallow leaves
its droppings on this
Otsu painting !

. Otsu Paintings (大津絵) 　



紅梅の落花燃らむ馬の糞
koobai no rakka moyuramu uma no fun

pink petals of the plum
lie on horse dung,
looking ready to flare up
Tr. Ueda

. WKD : koobai 紅梅 red plum blossoms .


. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

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with a grin
the pelican drops its load . . .
"Bombs Away!"

Richard Kay, Australia


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morning sun...
a sparrow's droppings
on my shoulder

- Shared by Willie Bongky, 2013 -


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Related words

***** . Pissing (shooben)



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