Category Archives: Haiku

Light through coloured windows

Posted on 10/05/2012 by

Today I went back out to Witney to meet the artist, Flora De Ospina who has been working with poetry in her stained glass artworks. It was lovely to meet her and to chat about the process, and to take … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 27 and 28

Posted on 28/04/2012 by

Wet, windy weather clusters of blossom blown down – fragile button-holes girls in dancing clothes pick up the battered blossoms to put in their hair the cat, exhausted from chasing whirlwind petals lazily stretches For the National Poetry Writing Month, … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 26

Posted on 26/04/2012 by

Day 26 of 30 of NaPoWriMo. I can hardly believe it! A snowdrift of pink on the grass, in the yew hedge – trodden through the house (The cherry blossom is at its peak, the wind is blustery, petals are … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 22 (catch up 3)

Posted on 23/04/2012 by

rough wind and sharp rain turns blossom to confetti on freshly mown grass Never mind what the weatherman says – bring your rain coat! Also for photo challenge

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NaPoWriMo 21 (catch up 2)

Posted on 22/04/2012 by

Spring waits for no-one the gardener must catch up, tending the damp earth Yesterday our local garden club had a plant sale. Here you can see a few of my purchases. now I have to find room for them. One … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 9

Posted on 10/04/2012 by

Following the visit yesterday to Claydon House I have been considering Florence Nightingale and her role in developing nursing in the UK, so here is a brief haiku about her: a little late! Florence Nightingale carried her lamp in the … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 4 and Haiku Heights

Posted on 04/04/2012 by

 the grudge you harbour will stain like red wine over a soft white carpet For the National Poetry Writing Month, NaPoWriMo, which you can find here  and for Haiku Heights

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NaPoWriMo 2

Posted on 02/04/2012 by

dawn arrives early – birdsong riddles the air with eager rites of Spring This is a magnolia in Christ Church gardens in Oxford. I stood underneath it and gazed up at the wonderfully blue sky on the hottest March day … Continue reading →

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Haiku heights: Music

Posted on 04/02/2012 by

MUSIC AT THE PARK fireworks light the lake with coloured splashes and arks to the roll of drums among the fireworks music slices through the air orchestrates the crowd when the show’s over melodies play in the mind on the … Continue reading →

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River of Stones XIII

Posted on 13/01/2012 by

INSIDE In the hearth I have a terracotta pot, resting on a gold-coloured plate. The pure white flowers stand tall inside their green sheath of strappy leaves which have pushed themselves up strongly, through the gritted surface of the compost … Continue reading →

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