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Harthope Valley – Haiku

High along a passThe stream follows the valley Painting a picture We found this amazing valley after following signs over a very narrow road which dropped down into a hidden valley some 5 miles long.The views were utterly breathtaking and we had it to ourselves.

Bamburgh Castle – Haiku

Above fortified wallsDramatic clouds crease skies Medieval wonder.Castle in the sandA border occupation Bucket and spade.

Forecast – a haibun

Speckled the skyBlankets the stratus Signals a change Of the English skySuch is obsessionTo look up and predict Never a constant given.Mackerel skyA forecast of the morning Rain tonight.

Night Watch Privilege

Night Through hours past midnightStretches timeUnusually dark and moonless The air holds its breathThrough drawn fingers of spent wind Total silence is layeredLike black is to whiteTo the stillnessThe ticking of the watchPulsation synchronised To heartbeatThe breath of the cows slow and warmThe distant horn of the lighthouse 25 miles outStrangeness its rhythmThese things whichContinue reading “Night Watch Privilege”

Surfing the clouds

Surfing the clouds on the golden edgeAbove huge swell of smoke hewn driftsThe sun just dips behind Where Icarus are you?The line of the moor an etched grim Line of no responseOminous in presenceLarger in formThe battle in the skies Set.

Haibun Storm

Momentum builds no mercy As pounding venom Of wind pulsatesSpiralling depressionThrough the nightTrees enslaved bow lowAs all nature departs the scene;Ensnared the entanglement of life Draws purposeSplitting atoms from the sky Of energy riven;Feathers of dreams discard Like pollenInto the airCotton -candy spun.

Storm Approaching

Prelude to the orchestration Of the storm aheadLeaves pummelledAnd inverted like wrung outPrayer flagsLime green triangles That strain from branchesConfetti strewn on the lawnCauliflower -topped clouds Fringed goldenStream Battle lines drawnFor glorified war.

The Garden in July

Roller coaster weather from hot and dry to torrential rain and cool gales but my first attempt with dahlias has paid off.

Bats – Haiku

Tiny fleeting shadowsGhosts above the window frameBlurred story folklore. Second season of bats right above the bedroom window – lovely to see them come and go but I do shut the top window incase they mistake the opening ! They are literally just under the barge boards.

Was it lightning ?

The light flickers behind my closed lids It’s hard to know if it’s lightning So used we are to recrudescences of screens At the beginning of the dayShould I check the phone(www.realtimelightning.org)?But the air is thick and intense And the soughing rush of the treesSignals air whipped up under the heavy cloudAnd the sky aContinue reading “Was it lightning ?”