fallen

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beauty, haiku, jasmine, lowers, poetry, scented, summer

 

Summer slides along
once scented, fair beauties fade
jasmine flowers fall

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Summer’s barbs

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fruit, gooseberries, gooseberry, haiku, nature, pain, poetry, seasons, summer, weather

lovely summer’s day
agony, cries from garden
gooseberry picking

Brrr!

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cold, haiku, Indian Ocean, nature, seasons, swimming, weather

On getting chilled

In January
swam in Indian Ocean
Today, Irish Sea

Roars

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bucolic, countryside, farming, haiku, lanes, poetry, weather

Quiet country lanes
now roar to huge harvesters
rushing to next field

 

Good harvesting weather
farmers have no time for bucolic indolence.

Beans

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beans, childhood, gardening, grandfather, happiness, memories, poetry, tanka

On feeling nostalgic (Tanka)

planting runner beans
memories of fun childhood
grandfather’s garden
as fast as he put them in
I managed to take them out

simple

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colour, grasses, haiku, nature, poery, rain, simplicity, weather

May morning brings rain
Beauty of simple grasses
Subtle browns and greens

Cheers!

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birds, choughs, coast, corvids, fun, haiku, ornithology, poetry, sea, waves

On bird watching

Six choughs twist and turn
Crash of white waves cheers them on
Fun at the seaside

dipped

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blackbirds, dew, haiku, May, padaver, poetry, poppies, Poppy, spring

a morning in May
dew dipped poppies resplendent
blackbirds serenade

Promise

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bees, blackcurrants, flowers, fruit, garden, nature, poem, poetry, pollen, promise, summer, tanka

On watching bees indulge   (Tanka)

Blackcurrant flowers
Unassuming little blooms
Beloved by the bees
Promise of rich summer fruits
Blackbirds must wait for their haul

Mists

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haiku, mists, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, songs, summer, weather

Beautiful May day
Sunshine calls bright songs to lips
Evening brings sea mists