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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Plump

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haiku, plastic, poetry, shopping

On supermarket shopping

every piece of veg
wrapped in single use plastic
plump indifference

Seduced

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dogs, haiku, heart, poem, seduction, spaniel

On losing my heart

I have been seduced
melancholy eyed spaniel
has captured my heart

That time

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fishing, haiku, Pimms, poetry, summer, tennis, Wimbledon

Wimbledon fortnight
Grunts, groans and gallons of Pimms
Time to go fishing

‘OK’

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haiku, humour, poem, self

ticket inspector
full of earnest importance
declares me, ‘OK.’

Tree

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haiku, London, nature, poetry, shopping, traffic, tree

On the Big City

Traffic, aching feet
London streets not paved with gold
Tree on a roof top

Ride

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baby, haiku, poetry, pram

A walk in the park
Expensive pram for baby
Takes parents for ride

Fun

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children, gulls, haiku, ice cream, nature, poetry

where the pale gull soars
above a wild, grey ocean
children lick ice cream

Shot

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birds, flowers, haiku, nature, poetry

With apologies to Bon Jovi

garden blooms ruined
magpies dance, feathered vandals
a shot to the heart

Pink

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beauty, flowers, haiku, nature, poetry, rose, summer, woods

Dog rose (Rosa canina)

a walk in the woods
in the gloom, a vibrant rose
pink petalled beauty