General Poetry posted February 5, 2009 Chapters:  ...60 61 -62- 63... 


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...a peacock's mating dance

A chapter in the book CSP: A Collection of Poems

A Summer Fling

by Sixteezkid


5-7-5 haiku - See Author's Notes
proud peacock displays
courtship's august adornment
feathered bedroom eyes




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The male peacock flares out its feathers when it is trying to get the female's attention. He has about 150 of the long "eyed" peacock tail feathers. These feathers are shed annually. These feathers grow to be several feet long, but are shed each year just after the breeding season. Each of these long feathers also has a design near its tip which resembles an eye.

During mating season they will often emit a very loud high pitched cry.
Mating season is between April and September


**I chose to use the term August as a double-entendre for the month (kigo) and it's other definition of "impressive"


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