rusted trawler’s hull / breakers racing to the shore / gulls wade water’s edge
Tag: sea
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.
- on the promenade /mongrels pure bred’s fashion walk /coal barge leaves the docks
- on the promenade /expensive ski wear on show / we live by the sea
- on the promenade /struggle to elude dog mess /jimmy choo’s clack on
- everyone wraps up /Christmas market open now /just the same old kitsch
Thank you for reading hope you enjoyed them.
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,
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.
9 Summer Haiku
Here are nine haiku, written over the past seven weeks. Hope you enjoy them.
- 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.
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.
