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Heatwave

Posted on July 27, 2019 by yamey
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hot

Stuck to the chair,

Hands and fingers sweaty:

A sultry London heatwave

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, haiku, haiku and photography, heatwave, hot, london, meteorology, sticky, sultry, summer, weather | Leave a reply

An old wheel

Posted on July 25, 2019 by yamey
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wheel

Once for grinding grain

Water rush-es fast

Beneath a disus’d mill wheel

 

The water wheel at the Watermill Theatre near Newbury in West Berkshire, UK

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archaeology, blog, blogger, blogging, england, haiku, haiku and photography, industrial, industrial archaeology, water, water mill, west berkshire | Leave a reply

An English summer haiku

Posted on July 23, 2019 by yamey
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rain

Thatch’d roofs and gentle rain

Puddles under foot

A typical English summer

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged berkshire, blog, blogger, blogging, damp, england, haiku, haiku and photography, meteorology, rain, seasons, summer, village, weather | Leave a reply

Sea air

Posted on July 18, 2019 by yamey
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FISH

 

Why does fish and chips 

Taste much better by the sea?

Something in the air?

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air, blog, blogger, blogging, chips, england, english food, fish, fish and chips, food, haiku, haiku and photography, sea, seafood | Leave a reply

Busy in Eastbourne

Posted on July 13, 2019 by yamey
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Bee

 

Being busy as a bee

Is very tiring

But less rewarding

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged activity, bees, blog, blogger, blogging, busy, eastbourne, flower, haiku, haiku and photography, insects, plants, pollination, sussex | Leave a reply

Stranded at Margate – revised

Posted on July 10, 2019 by yamey
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boats

 

Lying high and dry

The tide is far out

Fishing boats rest on the strand

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beach, blog, blogger, blogging, boats, england, fishing, haiku, haiku and photography, harbour, kent, margate, mud, poetry, sand, tide | Leave a reply

Another time

Posted on July 8, 2019 by yamey
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A man

 

He stands wash’d by waves,

Surveying horizons:

Lost in the sea of time

 

Sculpture is “Another Time” at Margate (Kent) by Antony Gormley

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art, blog, blogger, blogging, england, haiku, haiku and photography, kent, margate, marine, sculpture, sea, waves | Leave a reply

Two haikus about words

Posted on July 5, 2019 by yamey
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I say serviette

You say napkin

Does it make so much difference ?

 

SEA

 

I say pavement

You say sidewalk

The mighty Atlantic divides us

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged america, atlantic, blog, blogger, blogging, colonial, england, english, haiku, haiku and photography, language, meaning, ocean, variation, vocabulary, words | Leave a reply

Graffiti

Posted on June 30, 2019 by yamey
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Bird on a wall

Bird on a wall

Watery reflecti-on:

Grand Union Canal

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bird, blog, blogger, blogging, canal, colours, graffiti, grand union canal, haiku, haiku and photography, london, paddington, reflection, water | Leave a reply

Flattened flowers

Posted on June 28, 2019 by yamey
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flower

 

A  flower pressed

Between the leaves of a book:

Memory of times past

 

Picture modified from alamy.com

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, book, flat, flowers, haiku, haiku and photography, memory, plants, pressed, words | Leave a reply

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