Choices

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child, childhood, food, haiku, humour, ice cream, life, people, poetry

On seeing a young hopeful

ice cream cabinet
child’s pressed nose leaves impression
so many choices!

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Gnarled

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apples, autumn, fruit, gnarled, haiku, humor, humour, nature, poetry

On a great sounding word

In the old orchard
trees hold on to last apples
like me, gnarled but sweet

(but not too sweet)

Me?

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ageing, face, furrowed, haiku, humour, me, old, poem, poetry, self

Catch a reflection
a glimpse as I walk on by
my face is furrowed?

Mood

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frosts, haiku, humour, melancholy, nature, phrase, poem, poetry, seasons, weather, winter

On thinking of a usable phrase

encroaching winter
moves me to melancholy
nah! Bring on the frosts!

wide blue yonder

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haiku, humour, plane, poetry, sky

racing airliner
high above us and westbound
scratches the blue sky

Titles

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conversations, diet, grandchildren, grandfather, humor, humour, piscatarian

‘Grampi’
‘Yes’
‘Mum said you were a pissytarian, Mum said’
‘Mmm’
‘Yes, ’cause you only eat fish’
‘Perhaps she said, ‘piscatarian’?’
‘That’s right, pissytarian’
‘OK’

Dearth

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dearth, haiku, humor, humour, poetry, writing

Dearth of my haiku
How can I rectify this?
Ah, I think I know!

buzz

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bee, bumble, haiku, humor, humour, kitchen, nature, poem, poetry

bumble bee flies in
head butts the kitchen window
angry buzz, flies out

for the road

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drink, garden, haiku, humour, nature, poetry, wasp

 

Each day at the pond
wasp buzzes in for a drink
just one for the road

Cats in politics

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@nunber10cat haiku, cat, cats, Downing Street, humour, London, poetry, politicians

On recognising feline charm.. (@number10cat)

Cat at number ten
visiting dignitaries
So captivated