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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

More Haiku

Here are some more haiku, to read, ponder and enjoy.

little fishing boats/shelter in an old harbour/the halyard’s pinging

middle of bare tree/magpie settles ruffles wings/craps on the windscreen

the car number plate/reflects in rippling puddle/sunlight in the rain

bare tree brutal wind/hooded crow extracting twigs/construction begins

sweeping sweeping rain/driven in from Atlantic/students cycling home

early morning fog/dampness clings to everything/one daffodil blooms

cradle cap of mist/creates a fluorescent dome/neo-noir landscape

I hope you enjoyed these seven haiku.

Colin Myles

P.S.

My book Haiku Moments is enrolled in the Kindle Matchbook programme

When you buy the paperback you get kindle version for free

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