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.

Velvet

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haiku, moon, nature, night, poem, poetry, romance, sky, velvet

night wraps around Moon
soft as sentient velvet
yet, a cold romance

Madly

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beauty, haiku, moon, nature, night, poetry, romance, winter

On a soft, moonlit night

face veiled in pale mist
Moon has a silver circlet
madly romantic

Baa

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haiku, nature, night, poetry, sheep, weather

even with a moon
this is a dark, winter’s night
vague outlines of sheep

Lost

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haiku, humour, night, poem, poetry, solstice, spirits, weather, wind

On a very short ghost story …

as on a chalkboard
night wind fingers the windows
lost solstice spirits

Gems

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beauty, gems, haiku, nature, night, poetry, sky, stars

On a splendid night sky

such stars, gems, burning
and the infinite blackness
so full of colour!

Galleons

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galleons, haiku, night, poem, poetry, weather, wind

brilliant, blazing stars
a wild wind, moonlit night
pale galleons of clouds

Stars

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cats, haiku, night, poetry, stars

far stars pure brilliance
evening of stellar beauty
neighbour’s cat’s eyes gleam

Night

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haiku, infinity, nature, night, poem, poetry, stars obsidian, weather

On staring into the dark

flickers of starlight
set against infinity
obsidian night

Awakes

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

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