empty

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granddaughter, haiku, life, loss, love, poetry, sadness

baby granddaughter
visit ends, waves and kisses
such an empty space

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luxury

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blackberries, fruit, haiku, nature, poetry, seasons, summer

summer bountiful
hedges full of blackberries
sheer luxury

Routine

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fish, haiku, life, nature, poetry

On piscine expectations

a morning’s routine
before that first cup of tea
the pond, hungry fish

smooth

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garden, haiku, nature, poetry, snail, wildlife

On another traveller

a bright, silver trail
meandering in smooth curves
at its end, the snail

reflection

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Crow, fish, haiku, nature, poetry, reflection

bright red with white fins
goldfish, only its mouth moves
a crow’s reflection

Wonders

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beauty, dewdrops, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, science, weather

exquisite dewdrops
all down to surface tension
natural wonders

Sad

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baking, haiku, life, poetry, sourdough

sourdough starter
caught myself calling it ‘She.’
need to get out more.

Summer

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haiku, nature, poetry, summer, weather

one day bright blue skies
the next, grey, wet and windy
good old Summer time

Freedom

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beach, child, freedom, haiku, kite, poetry

a child and her kite
held together by thin string
restricted freedom

books

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books, haiku, poetry, rain, reading, weather

persistent drizzle
time to catch up on reading
now, what shall it be?