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

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Tenby

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birds, haiku, herring gull, Pembrokeshire, poetry, Tenby, wales

a fine summer’s day
picturesque Tenby harbour
herring gulls soar high

Snack

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birds, haiku, insects, magpie, miner bees, nature, poetry, pollen

miner bees busy
black and white with pollen gold
quick snack for magpies

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

Connected

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birds, connected, haiku, life, meditation, nature, peace, poetry, seasons, wildlife

grey dusk, pale, faded
a solitary bird call
all is connected

twitch

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birds, cat, haiku, poem, poetry, relaxation, sunshine, twitch

neighbour’s cat and me
sitting in the morning sun
bird call, his ears twitch

Shadow

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birds, clematis, flowers, garden, haiku, hawk, nature, poem, poetry

breeze ruffles garden
a tangle of clematis
shadow of a hawk

Summer sounds

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birds, haiku, lawnmowers, nature, poem, poetry, songbirds, summer, thrush

Sounds of summertime
Mistle thrush in the treetops
Lawnmower’s first roar

Cuckoo calls

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birds, cuckoos, haiku, lake, nature, poem, poetry, silence, wildlife

sound carries so far
the lake calm, like a millpond
cuckoos call, Summer

y fwyalchen

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birds, blackbirds, fwyalchen, haiku, honey, melys, nature, ornithology, peace, poetry, silence, song, wales, Welsh

On a Welsh language haiku

can y fwyalchen
melys fel y mel cyntaf
yna, tawelwch

the blackbird’s song
sweet as the first honey
then, silence