Time

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coffee, croissant, enjoyment, haiku, morning, philosophy, poetry, time

On starting the day

An almond croissant
and a double espresso
with time to enjoy

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Bereft

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absence, haiku, poem, poetry, time

How could it happen?

a couple of days away

and I’m haiku-less!

Times

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haiku, life, philosophy, poetry, thoughts, time, waves

time’s soft ebb and flow

giddy happiness and hopes

bitter lives, bright loves

summer’s time

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anemones, flowers, gardening, gardens, haiku, lupin, nature, seedpods, summer, time

anemones bloom
lupins’ hairy seedpods formed
Summer’s wax and wane

that time again!

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fruit, gooseberries, gooseberry, haiku, poetry, season, summer, time

middle of summer
It’s gooseberry time again
don’t want to be picked

 

moment

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being, haiku, mindfulness, moment, peace, poem, rain, sharing, time

standing in the rain
I have all this time to be
so, take a moment

fleeting

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anniversary, death, father, haiku, poem, sorrow, time, whispers

(on the twentyfifth anniversary of a death)

once so full and bright
our lives before long become
faint, fleeting whispers

Battle

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age, ageing, cliffs, coast walking, gravity, haiku, poem, poetry, time, wales

(cliff walking, West Wales)

Once I ran these cliffs
Now, gravity fights my steps
Time, the battlefield

Happiness

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haiku, happy, life, questions, self, thoughts, time

What makes you happy?
Life passes at such a speed
No time to answer?

times

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fishing, haiku, loss, time, times

Thinking we had time
We planned a day fishing
Sometime, then, no times.