Light

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Haiku, hills, light, nature, poem, Poetry

every time I look
the light has changed the far hills
now, they’re dusk’s grey green

Light

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haiga, Haiku, Kent, light, lighthouse, night, photo, photography, Poetry

holding back the night
impervious to dark times
a light in the gloom

This is the lighthouse at Folkestone Arm, Kent.
Nowadays it’s a wine bar, still lighting the night.

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The Hills

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celts, druids, evening, light, lovers, poem, romantic, sunset, wales

(On feeling somewhat Pre-Raphaelite)

 

Fold upon fold of long low hills
between me and the golden evening light
bathed in mists, curved flanks
seem golden garbed limbs at languid ease
lovers lay before the gates of heaven

 

(With these sunsets and the atmosphere of the place,
it is easy to see why these hills have long been considered mystical.
The ancient celts carved the standing stones of
Stonehenge here before transporting them to Wiltshire.
Rejects, part shaped rectangles, still litter the hillsides.)

 

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

Cool

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cool, haiku, life, light, mist, nature, sunset

a most weird light
sunset defused by soft mists
nature is so cool

Parent

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bird, dusk, evening, food, haiku, hunting, light, parenting, poem, robin

Evening shadows fall
Still the robin hunts the lawn
Hard working parent

light

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colour, haiku, light, seasons, spring, sunlight

At this time of year
sunlight seems to be clearer
colours bright, vibrant

The Light

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forest, light, poem, poetry, rain, season, weather, winter

The weather is foul.
Between the forest shadow and me
an east wind grinds thin rain
into the flattened grasses.
But the light!
Low grey clouds diffuse
the winter sun’s rays.
All is a luminous blue green clarity.

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

nights

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dark, darkness, haiku, light, night, rural, sky, stars

 

nights are so dark here
not a single street lamp mars
a sky full of stars