Nightingale in war ~ tends to soliders in battle ~ her calling in life
Small passerine bird ~ sings sonnets in leafy trees ~ chats by name and voice
Flycatcher robin ~ melodious day and night ~ whilst others are still
Sorry missed a day
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Owl – Haiku Heights
Owl I hear your voice ~ dead of night eerie calling ~ hoot are you really?
Penetrating look ~ steely stares your eyes on mine ~ am I your sole prey?
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Morning Mist Haiku Heights
Hooves tred silently ~ through gossamer camouflage ~ bray to early morn
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Mist whispers greeting ~ to mountain tops wakening ~ the natural world
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Shroud of misty haze ~ comfort on a glassy lake ~ anoints precious earth
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Lily
Hercules suckled ~ on Hera’s bossom milk flowed ~ to earth white lily
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grow as the lily ~ the esoteric teachings ~ petal purity
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Anoint my coffin ~ single stems of perfect green ~ trumpet my call home
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Beauty in the Koi Haiku Heights
Nishikigoi beauty
majestic colour winding
sharing fins and tails
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Carp you say ~ Plain Carp?
name not as pretty sounding
Koi rolls off the tongue
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Expensive little Koi
that one simply watches swim
throw a line be fed
Jasmine – Haiku
Jasmine – Day 11 for
coloured trails of scent
adorn broken wood fences
masking the ageing
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Jasmine tea to sip
antigens healthy living
more than a flower
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perfumed love bouquet
petals rain down held by hand
bring smiles to the bride
Hunter Haiku Heights
The word chosen by Haiku Heights today is Hunter
This is my meagre offering.
Hunter Gatherer
carrying the heavy load
half year sales gone mad
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Grasshopper and Fire – Kung Fu Haiku
For Haiku Heights # 6 & 8 combined Grasshopper and Fire – I am a little ahead of myself with the topics – apologies. Grasshopper is not open till the 8th – only just realised after writing and posting.
Master Po whispered
young grasshopper see the world
through my old blind eyes
knowledge is like fire
consuming never quenched
see as I do see
Eggshells – Haiku Heights Day 5
Eggshells
Treading steps softly
with my thoughts my feet my tone
a word a foot wrong
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Haiku Heights – Candle and Drone
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I missed Day 3
Candle
flickered silent light
waxed fragrant or non scented
love or by death bed
Day 4
Drone
humming hives up high
yellow black to hollow homes
drone prepares the bed
Ramblings From A Mum 