Author: colinmylesauthor

I write haiku poetry and non-fiction books. Have a fondness for single origin coffee and enjoy a good glass of red wine on the weekend.

Rocky Shoreline – 6 Haiku

Image by Anja🤗#helpinghands #solidarity#stays healthy🙏 from Pixabay
sitting on the rocks
soft splash of incoming waves
smoothing out pebbles
sitting on the rocks
soft splash of incoming waves
cabin cruiser sets sail
sitting on the rocks
soft splash of incoming waves
trapped bladder wrack
today's dark grey haze
burns off with afternoon sun
sit on shoreline rocks
today's dark grey haze
burns off with afternoon sun
rest on shoreline rocks

today's heavy haze
burns off with the afternoon sun
tarry on shoreline

Colin Myles

P.S.

Don’t forget my latest Haiku collection ” Catch the Silence ” is free to read on Wattpad

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Humility & The Tao

Image by John Hain from Pixabay

Chapter 66

All streams flow to the sea

because it is lower than they are

Humility gives it it’s power

If you want to govern the people

You must place yourself below them

If you want to lead the people

You must learn how to follow them

Lao Tzu – Book of Tao

Colin Myles

Twilight – 3 Haiku

Image by kordula vahle from Pixabay

it’s almost nightfall

twilight just slipping away

hedgerows in silence

it’s almost nightfall

twilight just slipping away

hedgerows are silent

it’s almost nightfall

twilight just slipping away

three islands in view

Colin Myles

P.S.

Don’t forget you can read my haiku collection ” Catch the Silence ” on Wattpad for Free

Gandhi & The Customer

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises

He is not dependent on us, we are dependent on him

He is not an interruption in our work, he is the purpose of it

He is not an outsider in our business, he is part of it

We are not doing him a favour by serving him

He is doing us a favour by giving us an opportunity to do so

Gandhi

Colin Myles

P.S.

Many years ago when I was starting out, a wise man said to me ” No customers, No business “.

Solstice Weekend – 5 Haiku

This solstice weekend has seen a myriad of weather fronts. From glorious sunshine to the four winds howling and galloping breakers, followed by relentless rain sweeping in from the Atlantic and back again to sunshine. Here are five haiku it inspired.

blustery morning

the four winds howl around house

hear the eaves crack, squeak

the four winds howl, howl

kicking up swirling sandstorm

three heavy raindrops

on summer solstice

sweeping rain falls with vengeance

Dylan’s rowdy ways

wild west wind charging

quick heavy downpour ensues

galloping breakers

the mighty sea roars

unleashing angry breakers

pounding pier wall

Colin Myles

P.S.

don’t forget you can read my new haiku collection “Catch the Silence ” for free on Wattpad

Chaos & The Tao

When rich speculators prosper

While farmers lose their land

While government officials spend money

On weapons instead of cures

When the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible

While the poor have nowhere to turn –

All then is robbery and chaos

It is not keeping with the Tao

Lao Tzu chapter 53 Book of Tao

Colin Myles

Animals … 5 Haiku


evening rainfall

brushes flowers from shrubs and trees

birds return to nests

purple flowers bloom

amidst thistles and brambles

Alsatian cocks leg

as I walk the lane

brown butterfly casts shadow

the sun travels west

crusty bread in beak

magpie flies to hedgerow

dining all alone

fox prowls the garden

sniffs round, slinks into hedgerow

put cheese back in fridge

Colin Myles

P.S.

Catch the Silence, a new Haiku collection

Free to Read on Wattpad

Meanwhile… at the beach-3 Haiku

afternoon zephyr

languorous waves trip ashore

teenagers sneak beer

lazul bay shimmers

south east wind whips round pier

rolling coffee cups

a light warming breeze

wraps around her bare shoulders

she shivers slightly

Colin Myles

P.S.

My new Haiku collection ” Catch the Silence “ is FREE to read on Wattpad