invader

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bedroom, drama, haiku, moth, nature, poetry

bedroom disturbance
invader from the nights’ dark
silence, moth retreats

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wild

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flowers, garden, haiku, honeysuckle, nature, plants, poetry, summer

vigorous and wild
all challengers thrust aside
honeysuckle rules

ache

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haiku, life, loss, people, poetry, relationships, sadness

On observing a sadness

With the ache of memory
she suffered his weight
the insufferable boredom
the physical presence
she had not carried it well
neither her heart
nor her back
remained unbowed

Sunny

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haiku, nature, poetry, summer, sun, weather

On the back of the chair
My sun hat poised for business
All it needs is … sun

Sweet

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anger, animals, cats, haiku, nature, pets, poetry

On overhearing an argument

embattled lovers
spitting bundles of fury
sweet little puss cats

Cruise

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birds, canoes, cool, haiku, kids, nature, poetry, river, swans

On deciding to be cool …

screams from the river
city kids enjoy canoes
swans choose to cruise by

Life

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baking, bread, cookery, haiku, poetry, sourdough

creative tension
building blocks of life pulsate
sourdough starter

Mew

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birds, garden, haiku, hawk, nature, peace, poem, poetry, red kite, relax

a day for lounging
soulful mew of a red kite
carried on the breeze

Shine

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friendship, haiku, lives, patina, poetry

remembered childhood
the patina of their lives
polished by friendship

Fallen

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cold, gardening, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, shiver, summer, weather

On shivering

Middle of summer
Unseasonably cold breeze
Fallen rose petals