I turned the page ... “I have amazing news for you – and indeed for every bird-lover in the country,” he whispered. “As I suspected, the birds you saw and which I have been watching for fifteen minutes are bee-eater.” The year was 1957. It was my first day at Junior school and I had picked a book from the library shelves to read ...
Continue reading Of Bee-eater (and Bittern), Egret and Avocet
Bin brewing a while ; yet ...
after the storm
reading the leaves
another cuppa
#haiku #senryu
Baywatch ...
on the beach the ebb and flow of sanderling
#oneline #haiku #Sanderling
The first few #autumn migrants on passage ...
harvest moon hidden by clouds a flock of plover
First published in @hedgerowpoems, #133 Autumn 2020 edited by @CarolineSkanne
#haiku #oneline #monoku
summer grasses dreaming the dreams of warriors
A #monoku inspired by a passage from ‘The Story of My Heart’ (1883) by #RichardJefferies and a Haikai verse by #MatsuoBasho (1644–1694) (English version by @haikutec )
summer grasses:
the remains of warriors
and their dreams
Inspired by ‘A Child’s Garden of Verses’ (1885) by #RobertLouisStevenson
harvest moon
across the counterpane
battles fought
#haiku #harvestmoon #poetry
