Bins

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bins, birds, crows, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, storm, weather, wildlife

December weather
crows battle into the wind
storm tumbles dustbins

simple

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fire, haiku, nature, poetry, port, seasons, weather, winter

On some small compensation for Winter

some simple pleasures
as cold winds rattle and rave
glass of port, log fire

Hint

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haiku, nature, peace, poetry, seasons, weather, winter, wood smoke

On a winter evening

Sunset brings silence
Birds fly home to night time roosts
A hint of wood smoke

ah!

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haiku, nature, poetry, seasons, tea, weather, winter

On a Winter’s pleasure

grey, bleak weather day
hunched, bare boughed trees endure
ah, this cup of tea!

Neat

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breeze, compost, garden, haiku, leaves, nature, poem, seasons, weather

On next year’s compost

back yard full of leaves
neatly gathered in corners
an obliging breeze

(I spoke too soon!)

Visitors

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autumn, haiku, nature, poetry, seasons, spiders

On house guests

Autumn weather change
All the summer birds have flown
Spiders seek house space

ready

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gin, haiku, nature, poetry, seasons, sloes, summer

On hunter gathering, at least gathering.

Summer slipped away
blackberry season ending
sloes ready for gin

Summer

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beauty, butterfly, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, summer, tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae
epitomises summer
the small tortoiseshell

luxury

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blackberries, fruit, haiku, nature, poetry, seasons, summer

summer bountiful
hedges full of blackberries
sheer luxury

Shelter

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fish, garden, haiku, nature, poem, rain, seasons

Summer rain beats down
Lashing and splashing the pond
Fish look for shelter