Tag: nature

6 HAIKU . . . Dreams

  1. am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / recalling the dream
  2. am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / blanket of darkness
  3. am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / who withstands the storm
  4. am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / trawlers in harbour
  5. am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / trawlers ride the waves
  6. am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / trawlers brave the storm

Thank you for reading. Hope you enjoyed them,

Colin Myles Haiku Collection

5 Haiku

  1. warm autumn drizzle / coats the freshly mown green lawn/ jackdaws out lunching
  2. waxing crescent moon/ hangs by heaven’s hidden thread/ illuminates bay
  3. waxing crescent moon/hanging over the rooftops/ dishes drying on rack
  4. roaring river runs/ beneath the city’s four bridges/ tourists take photos
  5. overcast morning/ terrier sniffs in garden/ cocks a leg stakes claim

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Colin Myles Haiku

7 HAIKU

Here are seven recent haiku for you to enjoy.

between windswept clouds / the full moon continues to shine / a shimmering bay

between windswept clouds / translucent full moon beams bright / a full tide rises up

the silver half moon / reflects along the shoreline / step out to admire

the half moon glistens / shimmer ripples along bay / step out to admire

muffled lapping waves / fishing boat anchored offshore / jumping stones go plop

muffled lapping waves / fishing boat anchored offshore / children skimming stones

muffled lapping waves / fishing boat anchored offshore / seagulls fight for space

Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed them.

Colin Myles Haiku author

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