Hong Kong Park Aviary.

A Poem.

All photos by Author Joanne Olivieri taken in Hong Kong.

All photos by Author Joanne Olivieri taken in Hong Kong.

The Aviary

Hong Kong Park

All photos by Author Joanne Olivieri taken in Hong Kong.

Birds harmonize
Cantonese tales
weaving heirlooms
among lotus flowers.

Nicobar pigeon

rests upon bamboo

planks while orange leaf
bird poses for photos.

White crested hornbill

the virtuoso of dance

pirouettes across

rippling ponds.

And the chorus

through pond spice

and tree cotton

echo against bamboo clumps.

Tai chi garden

sits calm, serene

against a backdrop

of kapok and candlenut trees.

The air warm, humid

the sky grey, misty

as I revel within nature

amongst a bustling

metropolis of tree fern and
feathered chorus line.

All photos by Author Joanne Olivieri taken in Hong Kong.

Thank you for reading.