notch

Tags

food, Haiku, Poetry, weather, willpower

a sign of the times
belt goes up another notch
faded willpower

skit

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birds, Haiku, hope, nature, poem, Poetry, swallow

hopes lift, skit skyward
as with a summer’s surprise
a swallow flies by

holiday

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boat, Cymru, haiga, Haiku, holiday, narrowboat, photo, photography, poem, Poetry, wales

Camlas Llangollen (Llangollen Canal)

last year’s holiday
postponed by the pandemic
narrowboat sojourn

shadow

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fox, Haiku, poem, Poetry, shadow

closing the curtains
movement in the moonlit yard
shadow of a fox

drift

Tags

Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, weather

In grey battalions
drifting columns of rain clouds
advance from far hills

Sounds

Tags

Haiku, hypnotic, nature, poem, Poetry, rain, sounds, weather

rain drops
lakes’ hiss
hypnotic

melt

Tags

birds, Haiku, nature, Poetry, snow, sparrow

snow melts
grass emerges
a fallen sparrow

flap

Tags

birds, crows, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, snow, wildlife

three night black crows
a pristine, snow covered roof
wings flap, one remains

dollops

Tags

birds, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, snow

thick dollops of snow
too wet to last the morning
birds look bedraggled

chatter

Tags

birds, Haiku, nature, Poetry, starlings

evening air so still
leaf bare trees fill with starlings
chattering neighbours