Petals

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blackthorn, haiku, petals, poem, poetry, snow, spring, weather

Bright April morning
Sudden flurry of snowflakes
Blackthorn petals fly

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glow

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birds, haiku, poem, robin, snow, weather, winter

Reduced to mono

snow covered trees and hedges

robin’s red breast glows

beauty

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birds, haiku, nature, poetry, snipe, snow, snowfall, weather

Outside, dusk, snow falls
such a harsh, sublime beauty
ten jack snipe fly by

snow

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haiku, poetry, seasons, snow, tea, weather, winter

it’s snowing today
at least on the highest hills
that’s enough of that

 
first snow of winter
people celebrate the freeze
not my cup of tea

Surprise!

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blossom, haiku, nature, snow, spring, weather, winter, year

Winter won’t let go
Yesterday, hedgerow blossom
Today, snow flurries

weather

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birds, haiku, seasons, sleet, snow, weather, wildlife, winter

sleet and snow howl in
indoors is the place to be
bird feeders vacant

Sunbeam

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haiku, seasons, snow, sunshine, view, weather, winter

Sunbeam bursting through 

lights up falling snow column

Ah, there, see, it’s gone!

Drifts

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footprints, haiku, hills, memories, snow

On the soft hillsides

Snowdrifts like memories lay

Footprints disappear

Spring time

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birds, change, haiku, migrations, seasons, snow, spring, swallows, time, weather

 

Week ago it snowed

and now I’m watching swallows

Seven days in Spring

trials

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death, haiku, life, nature, red kites, seasons, sheep, snow, weather, winter

watched by three red kites
old ewe struggles over snow
winter’s last cruel throw