still

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birds, buzzards, death, haiku, nature, poem, red kite, sheep, wildlife

kites and a buzzard
circles and a slow descent
a ewe, unmoving

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Nap

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birds, death, haiku, life, nature, poetry, sparrows

On trying 4-5-4

fledgling sparrows
life gets underway
a napping cat

Tides

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death, haiku, jellyfish, life, nature, poetry, tides, wildlife

a long, sandy beach
littered with dead jellyfish
Where the tides take us

Vibrant

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chrysanthemums, death, friend, haiku, life, memories, poem, poetry, sadness

On visiting an old friend

mute, grey marble vase
faded red chrysanthemum
beech leaves, so vibrant

silent

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autumn, bird, death, fall, haiku, leaves, mortality, poem, poetry, seasons, silence, song, thrush

under an acer
part hidden by Autumn leaves
a silent song thrush

 

 

Killed

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death, hunters, pathos, pheasants, poetry, sadness, shooting, tanka

On the welsh roadsides
windblown feathers of pheasants
mown down by traffic
Hunters robbed of their victims
Unconscionable pathos

Ambience

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ambience, death, Handel, misery, music, thoughts

Just a passing thought.

Imagine the ambience in the house
as Handel composed
‘Dead March from Saul.’

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

Damn!

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death, friendship, haiku, loss, mortality, poem, poetry

Damn, blast and damn it!
Another friend ceased to be
Mortality sucks!

 

Killing

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blackbird, death, european blackbird, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, violence, wildlife

On seeing a killing

two blackbirds compete
silent fury, sharp beaked murder
no quarter, just death