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Graduation

Finally, after thinking it would never happen, the Royal Agricultural University has held their graduation for 2020 students. one secondmortarboard and gown float across the stageacademic achievement

Posted byruthpartridge2nd October 20212nd October 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Graduation

Favourite Walk

Half cobbledHalf rough The path Walked and worn Centuries oldBouncing echos from granite hewn wallsOf wooden clogged boysLeading sheepTo moorland grassBetween heather and gorseAnd Whortleberries In tiny purple bursts.

Posted byruthpartridge1st October 2021Posted inUncategorized4 Comments on Favourite Walk

Renewal

Panoramic the view stretches wide Spans the skiesAnd takes my mood From moorland Where the cloud still shroudsTo pale rays under the sky Towards cliffs just visible on the skyline- a coastal horizon Drawn am I to the sweep ofThe hillThe lush grassWhere cattle are yet to graze That soaks my shoesTo the triangulation pointWhereContinue reading “Renewal”

Posted byruthpartridge25th September 202126th September 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Renewal

Haiku – changing the view

twisting the seasonsweet peas fallchanging the view

Posted byruthpartridge25th September 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:haikuLeave a comment on Haiku – changing the view

Senryu: Always

always listeningby my sidea thought for the day

Posted byruthpartridge24th September 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:senryuLeave a comment on Senryu: Always

Haiku – Equinox 2

equinox…summer yields to autumn ways doors are closed

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Haiku – equinox

full moon rises mathematical calculationno turning back Wishing you happiness stepping into Autumn.

Posted byruthpartridge22nd September 202122nd September 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:haikuLeave a comment on Haiku – equinox

Haiku- in my Father’s House

Thanks to charlottedigregorio@wordpress.com for Haiku workshop chest of drawersin my father’s houseAutumn gathers

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Haiku- In my Father’s House

chest of drawersin my father’s houseautumn gathered

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The Only Run in Weeks

Twists turn The open road toNarrowed arteries between The fields Of gold and green Wild the hedgerows Exuberance outweighed Bow low Webs spun On threads of silver Span the bramble thornsBeads of berriesBlackened their stainOn the roadWhere fixed my gaze Intent on intervals Is drawn.

Posted byruthpartridge18th September 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:Devon, nature, running, South DevonLeave a comment on The Only Run in Weeks

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