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rounded

Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020 gravy

beach pebbles 
turning over the poems 
of Sylvia Plath

Posted in haiku, sensations, waterTagged haiku, micropoetry, poetry, sea, short poem

periphery

Nov 1, 2020Oct 31, 2020 gravy

ebb tide  
drawn to the edge  
of the world

Posted in nature, waterTagged haiku, poetry, sea, short poem

lost at sea

Oct 30, 2020Oct 29, 2020 gravy

seagull shriek
the boats
that won’t return

Posted in adventure, nature, waterTagged haiku, poetry, sea, short poem

uncertainty

Aug 27, 2020Aug 26, 2020 gravy

waves
breach the breakwater
it’s time to talk

Posted in mood, nature, water, weatherTagged connection, haiku, poetry, sea, short poem

footsteps

Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019 gravy

low tide
the toddler’s
toe-prints

Posted in children, waterTagged children, haiku, poetry, sea, short poem

heave

Jul 31, 2019 gravy

seasick
the give and take
of the ocean

Posted in adventure, children, sensations, waterTagged haiku, poetry, sea, short poem

hedgerow

May 30, 2019May 29, 2019 gravy

dancing to the cove
and back
hedgerow flowers

Posted in adventure, nature, spring, summerTagged flowers, haiku, poetry, sea, short poem

packing up

Apr 12, 2019 gravy

the tide retreats
preparing to leave
the holiday cottage

Posted in adventure, children, spring, summer, waterTagged haiku, holiday, poetry, sea, short poem

Return to South Stack

Apr 11, 2019Apr 11, 2019 gravy

gulls
from the face of the cliff
shriek-iek-iek


an updated version following suggestions from the helpful people at My Haiku Pond Academy

Posted in nature, wildlifeTagged bird, haiku, poetry, sea, short poem

South Stack lighthouse

Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019 gravy

gulls shriek calls sheer cliff walls shrill gull falls

Posted in adventure, nature, wildlifeTagged birds, haiku, poetry, sea, short poem, Wales

Published!!

Jan 5, 2019 gravy

20190105_102102One of my haiku was selected for the latest edition of Blithe Spirit, the journal of the British Haiku Society It’s great to see these three little lines in print.  Thank you BHS

Posted in adventure, haiku, nature, summer, waterTagged haiku, poetry, sea, short poem

overnight ferry

Sep 1, 2018 gravy

dolphins!!!
leap splash
my morning tea

Posted in adventure, children, nature, summer, wildlifeTagged haiku, sea, short poem, tea, wildlife

drying out

Aug 28, 2018Aug 28, 2018 gravy

the sun drips
down behind the beach
towels

Posted in adventure, summer, weatherTagged beach, haiku, sea, short poem, summer, sunset

wake up x

Jul 15, 2018Jul 14, 2018 gravy

the incoming tide
rocks
the slumbering boat

Posted in summer, waterTagged haiku, sea, short poem, sleep

is it coming in yet?

Jul 13, 2018Jul 13, 2018 gravy

low tide —
the stretched out slack water
days of summer

Posted in summer, waterTagged haiku, sea, short poem, solstice, summer

fish out of water

Jul 4, 2018Jul 2, 2018 gravy

the silver moon
leaps slowly
from the sea

Posted in nature, stars, summer, water, weatherTagged fish, haiku, sea, short poem, supermoon

Hebridean beach

Jun 3, 2018Jun 2, 2018 gravy

the ocean waves
mirror
the rippled sand

Posted in adventure, summer, waterTagged beach, haiku, sea, short poem, waves

Barmouth Bay

Apr 11, 2018 gravy

Waves wrinkle
the wide sea — and break
the silence

Posted in nature, sensations, waterTagged haiku, poetry, sea, Wales, waves

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