circus tent is up
luminous red neon signs;
blazing through the rain
Colin Myles
Haiku – Circus
Tag: rain
Haiku – Salad
inside a cafe
looking at sweeping drizzle;
order greek salad
Colin Myles
Haiku – Coal Bucket
miserable wet day hard rain gushing down drainpipe; coal bucket in hand Colin Myles
Haiku -Scarpetta
sitting at table watching raindrops hit windows; bread for scarpetta Colin Myles
Summer Rain – Haiku
after the rainfall hedgerow full of melodies; cars splashing walkers
endless and endless just downpour upon downpour; cat sleeps in corner
between the grey clouds hairline crack of blue appears; gone in a second
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
P.S.
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RAIN . . . 6 HAIKU
weather man says rain / weather app predicts more rain / settle in by fire
weather man says rain / weather app predicts more rain / voice begs it to end
weather man says rain / miserable dark days and nights / embers of hope glow
the rain keeps pounding / hopping off the car’s bonnet / smoke a cig and watch
constant dig repair / camber of roads banjaxed / spot flooding with rain
relentless rain pounds / the wild wild Atlantic way / lives up to it’s name
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.
- 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/
6 HAIKU . . . Dreams
- am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / recalling the dream
- am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / blanket of darkness
- am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / who withstands the storm
- am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / trawlers in harbour
- am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / trawlers ride the waves
- am startled awake / wind and rain hammer down down / trawlers brave the storm
Thank you for reading. Hope you enjoyed them,
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.
- 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.
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