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Music on the street

Posted on August 9, 2019 by yamey
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He makes street music

His mouth applied tight

To a plastic traffic cone

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, busker, haiku, haiku and photography, improvisation, london, music, musician, street music | Leave a reply

A Hampstead haiku

Posted on August 7, 2019 by yamey
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bush

The beer refresh-es,

The food is mediochre:

A quaint pub in Hampstead

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bar, beer, blog, blogger, blogging, england, food, haiku, haiku and photography, hampstead, inn, london, pub | Leave a reply

A line of bollards

Posted on August 5, 2019 by yamey
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bollards

Keeping cars off  pavements,

Lined up like soldi-ers:

Praise London’s  bollards

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, bollards, haiku, haiku and photography, highway, london, micropoem, street, traffic, words | Leave a reply

Joy of reading

Posted on July 31, 2019 by yamey
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book haiku

 

Oh what a pleasure it is

To open a new book

And enjoy it

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, book, books, enjoyment, haiku, haiku and photography, joy, literature, pleasure, reading | Leave a reply

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

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