Steam

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birds, frost, garden, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, sparrows, weather, wildlife

On watching

Frost bright on rooftops
sun’s beams bring steam from bare slates
sparrows ruffle plumes

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Plump

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apples, birds, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, seasons, song thrush, wildlife, winter

song thrush looking good
plump with ripe, fallen apples
empty boughs, winter

Tumbler

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birds, clouds, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry, raven, seasons, weather, wildlife, wind, winter

On watching nature’s drama

Swirling grey clouds race
Raven rides a wild west wind
Such tumbles and twists

silent

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autumn, bird, death, fall, haiku, leaves, mortality, poem, poetry, seasons, silence, song, thrush

under an acer
part hidden by Autumn leaves
a silent song thrush

 

 

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!

shelter

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alium, bees, flower, haiku, poetry, rain, seasons, summer

alium flower
two bees shelter from the rain
summer suspended

Summer’s barbs

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fruit, gooseberries, gooseberry, haiku, nature, pain, poetry, seasons, summer, weather

lovely summer’s day
agony, cries from garden
gooseberry picking

Cool buzz

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birds, cool, fridge, garden, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry, seasons, summer, weather

Summer garden’s buzz
Sparrow chirps in blackthorn’s shade
Cool gurgle from fridge

 

 

Brrr!

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cold, haiku, Indian Ocean, nature, seasons, swimming, weather

On getting chilled

In January
swam in Indian Ocean
Today, Irish Sea

Mists

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haiku, mists, nature, poem, poetry, seasons, songs, summer, weather

Beautiful May day
Sunshine calls bright songs to lips
Evening brings sea mists