Tag: Haiku

Greenbank Cemetery – 30 Days Wild (7/30)

Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024
Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024

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Final resting place

when we return to the soil

verdant new life thrives

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

River Frome – 30 Days Wild (6/30)

River Frome, Bristol, June 2024
River Frome, Bristol, June 2024

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A city’s life blood

pan out only a little

Tesco, motorway

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Odemera lurida – 30 Days Wild (5/30)

Oedemera Lurida, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024
Oedemera Lurida, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024

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An oxeye daisy

a slender beetle rests up

feasting on nectar

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Fig – 30 Days Wild (4/30)

Fig tree, Ficus carica, River Frome, Bristol, June 2024
Fig tree, Ficus carica, River Frome, Bristol, June 2024

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Resilient fig

unlikely urban foothold

nature will prevail

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Deer tick – 30 Days Wild (3/30)

Deer Tick, Ixodes ricinus, Dog, Bristol, June 2024
Deer Tick, Ixodes ricinus, Dog, Bristol, June 2024

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Uninvited guest

hitched a dog-fur ride and meal

parasitic tick

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by Scooj

  • The Deer tick is also known as the sheep tick and castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)
  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Wall pennywort – 30 Days Wild (1/30)

Wall Pennywort, River Frome, Bristol, May 2024
Wall Pennywort, River Frome, Bristol, May 2024

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Common, overlooked

attached to walls filling gaps

elegant flower

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by Scooj

30 Days Wild (1)

30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one wild thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can as my contribution to this celebration of nature. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Marmalade hover fly

Marmalade hover fly, River Avon, Bristol, May 2024
Marmalade hover fly, River Avon, Bristol, May 2024

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Stop to rest a while

marvel of evolution

stop to look a while

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by Scooj

Mayzy days

Dog in a meadow, Ashton Court, Bristol, May 2024
Dog in a meadow, Ashton Court, Bristol, May 2024

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In meadow grassland

and sun-popping buttercups

to rest here a while

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by Scooj

Stay of execution

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Last minute reprieve

released from obligation

fancy dress party

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by Scooj

  • I have a near pathological fear/dislike of fancy dress parties, and if I am honest of parties in general, so to discover that I had been let off this evening’s arrangement due to the ‘no show’ of other husbands, offered unimaginable relief. 😅

Niche

Oak tree, Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood National Nature Reserve, Leicestershire, May 2024
Oak tree, Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood National Nature Reserve, Leicestershire, May 2024

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Where an acorn lands

is in the lap of the gods

make the most of it

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by Scooj