Category Archives: haiku

September – week 3

Posted on September 28, 2011 by claireamy

Derwent Water — smooth and clear as polished marble ~ this still lake and these mountains painted in antiquity… rain on her sleeve, the sky upsets a tin of tacks ~ Lakeland… golden trees bend to see their reflections ~ … Continue reading →

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September – week 2

Posted on September 28, 2011 by claireamy

  autumn moon stained with the colours of creativity ~ the bitter truth this one acorn on the path… Still Green Moon ~ with each swing of the seat a spider’s web expands and retracts ~ ellipsis you’re gone     you’re … Continue reading →

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September – week 1

Posted on September 28, 2011 by claireamy

howling wind — led by hunger this tiny goldfinch ignored the weather warnings ~ chill winds… how the goldfinch clings to the sunflower’s heart ~ one man’s rubbish is another’s gold gulls wheel over the tip ~ until… she curls around … Continue reading →

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August – week 4

Posted on September 9, 2011 by claireamy

summer into autumn — a swift’s last dive for an insect ~ drifting dunes close enough to silence the wingbeats of sandmartins summer’s fading pulse ~ half asleep… through the blinds three stars shine ~ moon song… Sirius howling the … Continue reading →

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August – week 3

Posted on September 9, 2011 by claireamy

just to remind us he’s not gone yet a chiffchaff picks insects from the washing line ~ wickerwork light through the pines the chiffchaff’s song ~ August rain — one last duckling left on the lake ~ dawn rain… between … Continue reading →

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August – week 2

Posted on September 9, 2011 by claireamy

they carry on talking but I see a flash of a sparrowhawk’s hunt ~ a feather fr​om a tawny owl’s wing the brush of moonlight and a poem dream​ed ~ three redheads chat in the park… goosanders ~ parting kiss… … Continue reading →

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August – week 1

Posted on August 16, 2011 by claireamy

noisy gulls — a cormorant tucks its bill into its breast ~ twilight blues… lowering the mainsail the cries of gulls ~ glittering water… on The Volunteer boat a lone gull ~ lobster pots stacked at the quayside nothing to catch … Continue reading →

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July – week 4

Posted on August 16, 2011 by claireamy

evening sun — the utter satisfaction of a basking seal ~ this ancient self rolling my tongue around words in dreams … in the lull between tides a poem birthed ~ roar of traffic — the sun shimmers in a … Continue reading →

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July – week 2

Posted on July 25, 2011 by claireamy

  between stones and crests of foam… downriver from the weir of this day to bathe with dippers   * ~ no cattle today just swallows skimming the empty meadow ~ a beetle  deep in the tangled core of a field poppy… … Continue reading →

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June – week 4/July – week 1

Posted on July 12, 2011 by claireamy

after the rain the scars on the leaves made by snails ~ still I hide them once raw weals now silver-pale… at the landfill warblers and whitethroats sing nature back home ~ blue between clouds swifts spiral after insects ~ … Continue reading →

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