Brock

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alliteration, badger, blooms, flowers, garden, haiku, nature, poem, poetry

On a joy of country living. (Hasten to add, I love badgers.)

Badger besets blooms
Best buds, big, brightest blossoms
Battered by Brock

Bugger!

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Courage!

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poem, poetry, poets, publishing

On a friend’s publishing doubts.

Poets have courage?
Poets have courage.
Poets, have courage!

Hurt

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haiku, heartache, hurt, innocence, life, parenting, weather

On witnessing a parental injustice, being strangers is irrelevant.

unexpected slap
puzzlement on a child’s face
innocence betrayed

Shelter

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fish, garden, haiku, nature, poem, rain, seasons

Summer rain beats down
Lashing and splashing the pond
Fish look for shelter

Bare baas

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birds, farming, haiku, poem, poetry, rain, sheep, weather, wind

really bad timing
on day of winds and cold rain
mountain sheep are shorn

Busy

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busy, haiku, humor, humour, poem

no haiku today
too busy being busy
so busy busy

Vibrant

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chrysanthemums, death, friend, haiku, life, memories, poem, poetry, sadness

On visiting an old friend

mute, grey marble vase
faded red chrysanthemum
beech leaves, so vibrant

Island?

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birds, fox, haiku, island, nature, nest, poetry, swans

fox cannot reach swans
nest built at centre of pond
we all need islands

Seaside

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Coastpath, haiku, nature, Pembrokeshire, poem, poetry, seaside, wales, weather

living by the sea
the peace seeps into the soul
storms due tomorrow

Lives

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galaxies, haiku, lichen, life, nature, photo, poem, poetry, rock, sandstone

lichen on a rock
galaxies of little lives
sandstone nebulae