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Flowers & Isolation-4 Haiku



an empty car park

leaves gather in sunken space

cracked iron cast grate

walkers on the road

avoiding jogger’s droplets

social distancing

after the rainfall

flowers droop from their brown pots

footprints of a cat

outside garden wall

purple tulips are blooming

wish that I could paint

Colin Myles Haiku

Lest They Forget . . . Haibun

Last Wednesday I had a meeting at a large company. Pulling in, it was difficult to find a parking space. After a couple of laps, one appeared. Preparing to get out, I noticed a monument opposite, with people sitting on a bench. When the meeting was over, went and had a look at the monument.

withered hedgerow frames

the remembrance monument

memories engraved

beside monument

naming passed over workers

people eat their lunch

Colin Myles Haiku

Robin in the Mist – 2 Haiku

Yesterday, the mist and drizzle was sweeping in off the Atlantic. Just after switching on the coffee percolator, I glanced out the kitchen window. There in a tiny hole in the hedge was a robin sheltering from the nasty weather. From my mind came these two haiku.

  1. wind whips across bay / robin shelters in hedgerow / window to nature

2. the sweeping mizzle / robin shelters in hedgerow / watch his sereneness

Thank you for reading

Colin Myles https://www.amazon.com/Haiku-Moments-reflections-nature-life/dp/1791581803/

The Promenade.. 4 Haiku

Today was warmish for November, so I took a walk along the promenade. Here are some of the things that caught my eye, in haiku form.

  1. on the promenade /mongrels pure bred’s fashion walk /coal barge leaves the docks
  2. on the promenade /expensive ski wear on show / we live by the sea
  3. on the promenade /struggle to elude dog mess /jimmy choo’s clack on
  4. everyone wraps up /Christmas market open now /just the same old kitsch

Thank you for reading hope you enjoyed them.

Colin Myles Haiku Collection

9 Summer Haiku

Here are nine haiku, written over the past seven weeks. Hope you enjoy them.

  1. couple in kayak/ dogs racing along the beach/ turquoise sea idle’s

2. midday sun blazes down/ pleading heartfelt seagull’s cry/ having ploughman’s lunch

3. the low tide saunters/ waves roll in a hundred fold/ numbers on water

4. emerald pastures/ view across the bay today/ silver spider’s web

5. white noise of traffic/ zooming by the bay window/ rose bush keeps blooming

6. a magpie returns/ tidying the hidden nest/ distant seagulls shriek

7. an empty red bin/ two forlorn pink flip flops wait/colony of gulls

8. along the seashore/ a trail of darkened seaweed/ forgotten flip flops

9. colony of gulls/ feasting on rotten seaweed/ swatting the sandflies

Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed them.

Colin Myles Haiku Poet

5 HAIKU

Over the past weekend, I just finished the first draft of my second collection of haiku poems. Which roughly covers July 18 through to December 18. In the meantime thought I would share some ongoing haiku from 2019.

  1. the Angelus bell/unfurls across the gorse fields/a magpie listens

2. mild humid spring day/wind choreographs fauna/cut grass aroma

3. incoming high tide/ripples around the pier’s curve/flash of conger eel

4. another year flown/walk the same laneways again/Maythorn blossoming

5. iron graveyard gate/flecks of rust peeling away/narrow road to sea

I hope you enjoyed these five haiku.

Colin Myles Author/Haiku Poet

Books arrived

Yesterday the paperback version of my latest book, Haiku Moments arrived.

The book is available from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1791581803/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Also it is available from Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/haiku-moments-colin-myles/1130113863?ean=9781791581800

Now the part most authors dread, having to promote and sell them. Let the journey begin.

Colin Myles Author & Poet

Haiku Moments

Early in December 2018, I published my first book of haiku poems. Today I would like to share three of them with you.

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naked foliage / spring struggles to release / late winter coattails

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silver grey morning / amber slivers just peeking / one cuckoo calling

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blackbird perched high / magpie on telephone line / a conversation

I hope you enjoyed reading these. Haiku Moments is now available to purchase from Amazon,

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Colin Myles Author & Poet