Swim

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Haiku, poem, Poetry, swimming

low cloud, a grey day
rain falls on women swimmers
year round sea lovers

Heart

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birds, nature, photo, photography, wildlife

My neighbour was repairing the rear wall of her cottage, including re-surfacing and painting the stonework and found a hole with a now empty sparrows nest. Rather than fill the hole she has fitted a backless nesting box over it.
Ardderchog!

days

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Haiku, hate, love, people, poem, Poetry

days of love and hate
the human experience
will we ever learn?

People

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Haiku, poem, Poetry, war

fireside comfort
sitting here contemplating
people, war, terror

tidy

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farmers, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry

ignoring wildlife
farmers trash field hedges
grey woodsmoke lingers

Year

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friends, Haiku, people, poem, Poetry

phone catch up with friends
end of year reconnecting
some casualties

Once

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celts, Haiku, love, poem, Poetry, water

hidden by brambles
once where love’s wishes were cast
Celts’ town spring still flows

Serenade

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bandstand, Haiku, photo, photography, poem, Poetry

an empty bandstand
brass bands and courting couples
Sunday Serenades

fade

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death, Haiku, life, loss, poem, Poetry, tide

a retreating tide
flotsam drifts away and fades
remembering friends

today

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Haiku, jigsaws, lockdown, poem, Poetry, sourdough

today’s endeavours
jigsaws and sourdough bread
lockdown logistics