Peek

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courgette, garden, gardening, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, summer, weather

yesterday’s dark clouds
banished by a soft, west breeze
courgette leaves peek through

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Bounty

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birds, gardening, haiku, nature, photography, poetry, summer, wales, weather, wildlife, winter

Remnants of summer
sunflower seeds and apples
bounty for songbirds

Holidays

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fishing, friends, grandchildren, haiku, holidays, playing, poem, summer

On feeling like Billy No Mates

Friends can’t go fishing
all caring for grandchildren
summer holidays?

shelter

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

alium flower
two bees shelter from the rain
summer suspended

fallen

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beauty, haiku, jasmine, lowers, poetry, scented, summer

 

Summer slides along
once scented, fair beauties fade
jasmine flowers fall

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

 

 

Glow

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glades, haiku, nature, poetry, shadows, summer, sunshine, trees, weather, wonder

Some days, just somedays
sunlight paints stark tree shadows
leaves glow in dark woods

Promise

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bees, blackcurrants, flowers, fruit, garden, nature, poem, poetry, pollen, promise, summer, tanka

On watching bees indulge   (Tanka)

Blackcurrant flowers
Unassuming little blooms
Beloved by the bees
Promise of rich summer fruits
Blackbirds must wait for their haul

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