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

tears

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death, friends, friendship, Haiku, loss, poem, Poetry, sadness

friend of forty years
slipped away, into the silence
tears for a good man

Plot

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Haiku, plots, poem, Poetry, story, writers

the storyteller
busy plotting his dream’s course
avoiding straight lines

smile

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Haiku, hay fever, nature, poem, Poetry

sudden hay fever
Summer arrives with a smile
pollen permeates

on the edge

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haiga, Haiku, hill fort, people, photo, photography, poem, Poetry

boundary marker
at the edge of a hill fort
people come and go

everyday

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Covid, Haiku, hugs, life, masks, poem, Poetry, sadness

the everyday hug
those unmasked, open faced smiles
the days we have lost

The Day

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emotion, Haiku, life, vaccine

vaccination day
unexpected emotions
such a privilege

times

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Haiku, hope, loss, poem, Poetry

so many losses
so many fractured lifetimes
sun sets, sun rises

the way

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Haiku, poem, Poetry

write a sad poem
it would seem to be the way
to raise the spirits