Tag: 1. Haiku

Helios

Floret furnaces

laid out in regular rows

bursting with pollen.

 

by Scooj

Allotment time

Here my breathing slows

until no air passes through;

place and mind are one.

 

by Scooj

I sat in this overgrown corner of my allotment doing a butterfly survey this afternoon. My heart rate slowed and I caught myself not even breathing. So calm and peaceful.

Love lost

Such vibrant colour

lost in verdant foliage;

perfect camouflage.

 

by Scooj

Coat of alms

A mermaid and fawn;

resident grotesques adorn

this sheltered housing

 

by Scooj

Mourning

Three ladies in black;

has the Summer come to this?

or did someone die?

 

By Scooj

Leviathan

Blue whales arrive with

a message in a bottle –

don’t throw it away.

 

by Scooj

As part of Bristol Green Capital, this enormous public art installation will be launched on Friday 17 July. I saw the artists making the finishing touches to ‘Bristol Blue Whales’ today. It is stunning.

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Witness

An act of kindness

seen from a bus; a man gave

a tramp a square meal.

 

by Scooj

20. Wheatpaste

Man eating cheese square;

incongruous street poster

in Bristol’s Mark Lane.

 

by Scooj

19. Flutter by

A calm Summer morn’

punctuated only by

a passing comma.

 

by Scooj

* The Comma (Polygonia c-album) is a species of butterfly found across Europe, and from N. Africa through Asia as far as Japan.

God’s Wonderful Railway

Near silent station,

rush hour suspended today,

unions strike out.

 

by Scooj