Feet

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birds, dawn, Feet, haiku, magpie, nature, poetry, weather, wildlife

magpie’s breast turns pink
sun gets up making morning
too cold for bare feet

Awakes

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dawn, haiku, nature, night, poem, poetry, weather

Night slips soft away
With neither fuss nor fanfare
languid dawn awakes

Cup

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beauty, cup, dawn, haiku, moon, morning, poem, poetry, sky

6am, dawn’s glow
Low on the pale horizon
golden cup of moon

Blade

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autumn, crystals, dawn, dew, fall, Feet, haiku, nature, poem, poetry

Cool, crystal dewdrops
suspended on green grass blades
My bare feet are soaked

Aah!

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dawn, haiku, morning, peace, tea

Watching the stars fade
Take a moment to savour
This first cup of tea

morning

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birdsong, blackbird, dawn, haiku, nature, orison, prayer, voice

grey silk morning mist
solitary silver voice
blackbird’s orison

still

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birdsong, blackbirds, dawn, haiku, morning, nature, waking

I wake, it’s still dark
tangible silence still, dark
blackbird summons dawn

How does it happen?
Wake up thinking of haiku
Time to get out more

 

 

Colours

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apples, bowl, colour, dawn, fruit, haiku, light, poem, still-life

 

in a shadowed room
a blue bowl of red apples
reflecting the dawn

early

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birds, birdsong, dawn, haiku, humour, morning

as night hints at grey
the single ‘peep’ of a bird
must be too early

challenge

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birds, dawn, european robin, garden, haiku, nature, ornithology, robin, song, tarritory, wildlife

 

as the sun rises
young robin begins his song
territorial