#580

library sisters

and brothers (and parents too) -

lib’ry assistants.

#579

the only witness

a dragonfly who cares not

for what’s happening

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Written for the Tricycle September 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, dragonfly.

#578

far from any pond,

dragonflies hover over

our garden, searching.

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Written for the Tricycle September 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, dragonfly.

#577

the stillest of days,

broken only by the beat

of dragonfly wings.

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Written for the Tricycle September 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, dragonfly.

#576

her dragonfly brooch,

buzzed as she spoke with passion,

its wings vibrating.

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Written for the Tricycle September 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Autumn/Fall season word, dragonfly.

#575

in the school hall and

the foldaway climbing frames

have me in a sweat

#574 (On the Elizabeth Line for the first time)

(Setting the scene)

A night at the pub,

The car left on the driveway - 

To the purple line!

(Ilford to Maryland; Maryland to Liverpool Street)

Before and after 

The working day it was

Just the same as before - 

That part of the line

Changed yet unchanging just yet.

That’s for the future.

(Liverpool Street to Farringdon)

Excitement in the

Change, rushing across the way,

Something new awaits.

It's like a vortex!

You go down the escalator 

And get sucked right in.

Inside the vortex,

Platforms so new and modern

I stared in wonder.

A Queue announcement.

(The lying in state one that’s

Dating this story.)

Out of the vortex,

Diamonds and gems to greet me.

I don't know that side.

(Back at Liverpool Street, between the Metropolitan and Central Lines)

Between my two lines,

A new people stream upsets

My old shortcut’s flow.

(After)

The purple line was

Quiet, the red line noisy.

I had forgotten.

Bedtime and happy -

A new place explored but yet

So much more to see.

#573

swimming pool silence,

the sky and clouds above me -

a backstroke in bliss.

#572

the first whisper of

coolness on my cheek or neck,

flood of emotion

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Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.

#571

hot heat everywhere

give anything for coolness

just one cool surface

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Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.

#570

anticipation

in the queue for the fountain

and its cool relief

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Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.

#569

the air con breeze in

forty degree July heat 

is coolness heaven

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Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness - but was not entered.

#568

in a shady spot,

coolness breezing over me,

humans watch, jealous.

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Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.

#567

the first air con kiss,

the first cool breath on your neck -

a sigh of relief.

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Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.

#566

the hot panting dog

has one way to keep cool yet

never looks distraught.

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Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.

#565

swimming pool silence,

the sky and clouds above me -

a world of coolness.

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Written for the Tricycle August 2022 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, cool, or coolness.