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

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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

Condemed

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beauty, flowers, haiku, photography, poem, poetry, sadness, trapped

Imprisoned in gloom
flowers at a closed window
condemned by beauty

asleep

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ammonite, France, geology, jurassic, poem, poetry, tnka

On considering a rock   (Tanka)

In a lane in France
I once found an ammonite
wrapped in brown sandstone
its warm, salty seas long dried.
Does it dream jurassic dreams?

The Walk

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beauty, coast path, haiku, landscape, nature, poem, poetry, scenic, sea, seascape, seasons, sky, sunshine, wales, weather

On sharing my world. (try full screen.)

Enjoy the moment
Glories of the Wales Coast Path
You may find your self

Petals

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blackthorn, haiku, petals, poem, poetry, snow, spring, weather

Bright April morning
Sudden flurry of snowflakes
Blackthorn petals fly

Breathe

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breathe, haiku, life, meditation, mindfulness, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, sunshine, walking, weather, woods

On being alive

A walk in the woods
breeze ruffles sunlit beech leaves
breathe in, smile, breathe out

Beware

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animals, cats, death, haiku, lilies, Lilly, loss, nature, poetry, poison, toxic, wildlife

On hearing a neighbour’s dilemma

Elegant lilies
such innocent assassins
poisonous to cats

Forgotten

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bookshop, bookstore, forgotten, haiku, Keats, life, love, poem, poet, poetry

On spending time in a shadowed bookshop

Old copy of Keats
Pencilled on the dust jacket
‘Do not forget me’

Glory

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grandchildren, haiku, happiness, humour, laughter, life, poem, smiles

Laughter fills the air
A Glory of grandchildren
Find myself smiling