This, another of my early haiku, and an old favourite. Watching the stars, listening to the day become evening, then night; the twinkling of cottage lights appearing one by one on the distant hillsides-yellow stars, fallen from the violet, not-quite-black, sky. High up, unseen, a lone Curlew calls ...
A new setting for an old favourite haiku 1 of mine about the Kestrel, inspired by a passage from the writings of Richard Jefferies ...
a light breeze
sweeping the hill
a kestrel’s cry
Here in North Wales we probably get more than the average amount of rain. Even so when looking through my haiku I was still surprised at the number that were about rain - and birds of course.
So here are a few haiku for a rainy day, arranged in a rather loose seasonal sequence ...
'stillness in movement' (a #haiku film)... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-B09N5EibE
If interested, I am now selling my watercolours on http://johnaltringham.co.uk. Most of the work on the website is potentially for sale. Posting on the 'for sale' page will be a bit slow and random so do get in touch if anything else on the site interests you. Please retweet!
4If you remember Ladybird books from your childhood, give @LBFlyawayhome a follow. Some great memories, info & a celebration of the artists 👍🏻 📚😊 https://twitter.com/lbflyawayhome/status/1420449771005878283
Other work by the Ladybird artists, part 166.
‘Rural Scene’ (1950)
#RonaldLampitt
A hint of #Autumn in the air ...
cool breeze
swallow gather
on the wires
#haiku #Swallow
