Silver

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haiga, Haiku, nature, photo, photography, poem, Poetry, rowan, trees

back in early May
silver rowan caught my eye
a favourite tree

Shimmer

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beauty, birch, Haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, trees

something quite special
as the morning sun rises
young birch leaves shimmer

Folly

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beech, folly, haiga, Haiku, nature, photo, photography, poem, Poetry, trees

above flailed hedgerows
a solitary beech tree
tells of our folly

flow

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haiga poetry, Haiku, oak, photo, photography, poem, trees

not yet majestic
a little oak tree’s first year
fleeting lives flow by

Days

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haiga, Haiku, oak, photo, photography, time, trees

stark and weighed by days
old oak’s arms reach to the sky
still time passes

Scent

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beauty, haiku, life, nature, oak, poem, poetry, time, trees

On a nasal delight

chopped an old oak log
splitting wood released its years
scent of centuries

Creak

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beauty, haiku, nature, poetry, trees, weather, winter

On standing in a wood

monotone grey sky
nothing dramatic, rain falls
listen, the trees creak

bloody

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blood, christmas, haiku, HOLLY, nature, poetry, tradition, trees

On a Christmas favourite

beautiful holly
bright red berries, Christmas time
dark green leaves draw blood

Golden

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beauty, flowers, ginkgo, haiku, nature, poetry, traffic, trees

On unexpected beauty

each one a sunbeam
in streets full of traffic’s roar
golden ginkgo trees

hushed

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birch, birds, haiku, moonlight, nature, owl, poetry, trees, weather, winter

On a winter’s night

slim silver birch glows
caressed by winter moonlight
hushed wings of an owl