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Avian Skies, Ponds, Heathlands

Wing It (in Tanka)

Renée Elizabeth Winfield

Nov 7, 2026

Image Licensing: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, image retrieved via Wikimedia Commons), Description: English: Nike adjusting sandal. From the parapet of the temple of Athena Nike; Photography by Nikos Kitsakis, Date: 28 October 2024, 16:50:15. — Image Licensing: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, image retrieved via Wikimedia Commons), Description: **English:** Nike adjusting sandal. From the parapet of the temple of Athena Nike; **Photography by** **Nikos Kitsakis**, Date: 28 October 2024, 16:50:15.

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✦ A Note of Thanks to: All who may read the following poem… ✦

Eagle ey’d, wing’d Wren,
Flamingoe flock’d a’wadin’,
Cockatiel crest’d,
heather’d Hen — five (or more) are
all a’feather’d — avian.

Yardbirds

Wings

Water And Wading Birds

Tanka

High Flying Birds

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6 days ago (edited)

Note to Readers of where to find additional information in re the sculpture
(- R.EW., updated: 8 November 2026):
Following is a source of additional information in re the sculpture, (see, image w/in the "Avian…" tanka), available via link (below) w/in…

J.P. Williams

4 days ago

This is so good I feel like I could run across it in a book of old poetry, like The Golden Treasury. Tanka in English totally works!

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Avian Skies, Ponds, Heathlands

Wing It (in Tanka)

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