Three women, singing –
snow swirling in the darkness
– now the car is warm.
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Collecting my daughter and two friends from a party in a snowstorm. We had been to see Les Misérables the day before, and I was given a reprise. (Much better than singing in the shower at midnight – see Jan 3!)
Singing at midnight –
sleeping winter household sighs:
my teenage daughter.
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I don’t remember parents being quite so understanding when I was 16…!
Wind-driven raindrops:
sheltering songbirds watch
wild geese embrace the storm.
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The weather matches my mood today. Happy New Year to everyone.
Half a fallen leaf,
fragmenting under your foot,
cries out for summer.
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Posted on Poets United. Happy Christmas to everyone.
A sudden wind change
throws rain against my window
and the room shivers.
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It has been a stormy few days here. Posted on Poets United.
Seductive sunlight,
warming turquoise seas,
recalls my first kiss.
Around glass towers,
sand floats as mist, settling
if movement stops.
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I have been to visit my brother in Dubai.
Blue autumn morning,
still to the rising birds’ touch,
while leaves glow coal-red.
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Published on dVerse and Poets United.
Words floating, drifting,
falling like snow from my mind;
to melt on reading.
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For haiku heights September challenge. Today’s prompt is ‘free’, and it’s the last of the 30 for September.
Thank you to everyone who’s read and commented on my posts, and especially Leo for organising the challenge. It has been difficult to keep going at times, but very enjoyable, and I feel I’m just beginning to learn about haiku and to see how hard it is to write successful ones. Now I think I might have a rest and do something different for a few days!
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