Evenings are stretching long here in Scotland; a couple of haiku to suit…
Light
Those summer evenings
of adolescence. Time and
light, stretched like taffy.
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Long and Languorous | Haiku
Hopefully a still, summer vibe in today’s haiku…
Long
Skeins of mist thrown long
over hillock and deep dell.
A summer dawn’s veil.
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I’m taking advantage of some hot weather to post a couple of summery haiku…
Fierce
A fierce morning light –
slanting, oblique, river-borne.
Liquid, winding gold.
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We’re moving from the log burner into the still spring air with a couple of haiku…
Silver
The soft salt-blue flame
waxing weak underneath damp
silver birch kindling.
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Two haiku born from tectonic movement today…
Glacial
Glacial margins,
heaving landscapes. No borders,
gridded dry stone walls.
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We’re in the temperate forest today with a couple of haiku…
Stump
Wooden battlefield
upon which lichen, moss, mould
encroach – slow foray.
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We’re down amongst the weeds with the bugs today, with a couple of haiku…
Frenzy
Teeming, a silent
frenzy. Order in chaos,
mandibles twitching.
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A couple of grey and moody haiku in a grey and moody Scotland…
Peak
Windborne bite brought down
from barren crag and sharp peaks.
Cold razors through street.
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A couple of frigid haiku on a Sunday…
Mountain
A mountain-born cold
carried over cataracts
to frost-tinged plains.
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A couple of nighttime haiku for the festive season…
Star
Shimmering village,
waterborne under star shards.
Wind-tugged reflection.
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