soon

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beauty, brief, ephemeral, flowers, haiku, magnolia, poetry

On seeing pink petals fall

 
pale magnolia
an ephemeral affair
beauty so soon lost

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Bruised

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beauty, camellia, flowers, garden, haiku, loss, nature, poetry, rain, spring, weather, wildlife

bruised by springtime rains
delicate camellia
brief lives cut so short

Success 2

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beauty, books, enjoyment, Joyce, reading, story, Ulysses

On re-reading Joyce

(see 19th December)

I’ve returned to Ulysses, no longer a task but an enjoyment, and it is a delight. Perhaps ‘finishing’ has to be got out of the way. It had corrupted my perception and now I’m free. I may be some time.

display

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beauty, haiku, passion, poetry, sunset, wales, weather

I’ve seen some sunsets
but this wild winter passion
takes my breath away

Morning

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beauty, haiku, landscape, mornings, photograph, poem

Sometimes a landscape
simply stops you in your tracks
beautiful morning

meeting

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beauty, birds, connection, haiku, magpie, species

magpie studies me
his gunmetal blue wings shine
we see each other

surfers

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beauty, cobwebs, haiku, nature, poetry, spiders, summer, surfing, wildlife

beautiful morning
sun shines on floating cobwebs
spiders wind surfing

Penny Pup

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beauty, haiku, memories, Penny, pets, puppy, spaniels, springer

(fond memories)

Such a lovely pup
My little pooch Penny Dog
Try not to say ‘Aww’

Rosemary

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beauty, flowers, gardens, haiku, herbs, Rosmarinus officinalis

 

Fairest of all herbs
Rosemary, sweet Rosemary
Such simple beauty

pristine

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beauty, blossom, haiku, seasons, spring, weather

sublime elegance
beauty of a simple bloom
pristine spring blossom