New

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child, grandchild, haiku, life, love, poem, poetry, welcome

New grandchild is due
try to write a welcome poem
oh, the excitment!

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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!

Thoughts

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existence, existentialism, haiku, life, night, poetry, rain, time, transience

On having a quiet moment (a hobby of mine.)

Quiet time of night
accompanied by rain drops
thoughts on transience

Light

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alive, awake, haiku, life, light, morning, nature, poetry

On being awake early

That soft time of day
twig changes from black to brown
colours flood the world

Whispers

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beauty, garden, haiku, life, morning, nature, poem, trees, weather

On having a musical neighbour

Early morning mist
from behind a blackthorn hedge
a guitar whispers

Balance

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garden, haiku, life, mindfulness, nature, philosophy, photography, poem, poetry

Unless I feel grounded, the stones won’t stand.

People are like stones
without balance, they collapse
be still, be grounded

Mirth

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cats, haiku, humour, laughter, life, poem

On noticing an outbreak of humour

Not given to mirth

a woman of cheerless lips

smiles at cat’s antics

Eternal

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eternity, haiku, life, love, passion, photography, poem, statue, window

on the window sill
a small statue of lovers
eternal embrace

Breathe

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breathe, haiku, life, meditation, mindfulness, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, sunshine, walking, weather, woods

On being alive

A walk in the woods
breeze ruffles sunlit beech leaves
breathe in, smile, breathe out

Forgotten

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bookshop, bookstore, forgotten, haiku, Keats, life, love, poem, poet, poetry

On spending time in a shadowed bookshop

Old copy of Keats
Pencilled on the dust jacket
‘Do not forget me’