Summer

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beauty, butterfly, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, summer, tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae
epitomises summer
the small tortoiseshell

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Wonders

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beauty, dewdrops, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, science, weather

exquisite dewdrops
all down to surface tension
natural wonders

Glory

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beauty, dew, garden, haiku, nature, photography, poem, poetry

wondrous precision
each dewdrop a perfect gem
a morning’s glory

flown

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beauty, flowers, garden, gardening, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, thistles

fickle seeds have flown
leaving their nest disheveled
golden thistle heads

bubbles

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beauty, damsel fly, garden, goldfish, haiku, life, nature, poem, poetry, pond, summer, wildlife

On pond watching

blue damsel flies dart
exquisite, fragile hunters
goldfish blows bubbles

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

Free!

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beauty, flowers, garden, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, Prunella vulgaris

Prunella vulgaris

A re-wilded lawn
These ‘Self Heal’ flowers emerged
Sleeping beauties, freed!

Wow!

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beauty, flowers, gardens, haiku, nature, poem, poetry

This year’s first poppy
a bloom with the ‘Wow’ factor
delicate ‘Kazoom!’

Exuberance

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beauty, bluebells, ferns, flowers, haiku, nature, poetry

bluebells and green ferns
natural exuberance
chaos, but perfect

Reborn

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beauty, flowers, haiku, laburnum, nature, poem, poetry, trees

bright yellow hedges
laburnum trees blossoming
old fence posts reborn