Tag 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 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 6 and Haiku Heights

Posted on 06/04/2012 by

a child grows with love – to give a child a hiding is not the answer hope springs eternal even when love lies bleeding and he loves you not For the National Poetry Writing Month, NaPoWriMo, which you can find … 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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Covert (Haiku heights)

Posted on 17/12/2011 by

the rules are stated ‘covert not thy neighbour’s wife’ and ‘love thy neighbour’ for haiku heights

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Waiting II

Posted on 03/12/2011 by

spiders hang in space waiting in threaded artwork hungry for insects between the silk threads illusions of open space to fly through safely Waiting photo challenge and haiku heights challenge Space

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Light

Posted on 27/11/2011 by

through dusty windows the light catches netsuke in life and death forms Haiku Heights

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Nearly half way through November

Posted on 14/11/2011 by

on the old branches three red apples left clinging the rest have fallen the rooks are shouting under white cloud and flat light stabbing the windfalls the changed leaves of beech clinging to the long hedges brighten the garden leaves … Continue reading →

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Old and New (again) Haiku

Posted on 29/09/2011 by

the world’s in focus as morning mist layers lift and the sun rises twirling in the wind red leaves in low sunlight are small treasures magpies seek road kill unaware of etiquette they eat their own kind horses in the … Continue reading →

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