#1106

everyone's asleep

i'm getting very lonely

when should i wake them?

#1105 (#213)

dressed in thin clothes,

the breeze blowing in slowly

over your hot skin.

#1104

preoccupations

thoughts and ideas repeat

patterns through the years

#1103 (#212)

at the fountainhead

i find myself, i find peace,

i lie down and think.

#1102 (paracetemol)

dull the migraine pain

let it sit there on the side

until it gets bored 

#1101 (#211)

blessed nudity

home alone on a hot day

the fan turned up high

#1100

future of the past

in a loudspeaker design

in the swimming hall 

#1099 (#210)

lucky until now

a busy and a small sharp sting

a mosquito strikes

#1098

naive for too long

you learn nothing on your own

come and speak to me

#1097 (#209)

those scorching hot days

when only melon will do 

refreshing cold squares

#1096

no worries: no, none.

none at all to worry on

nope, no: no worries.

#1095 (#208)

i glide through the day,

a one-layered kimono

keeping heat at bay

#1094

the door is open

the green bamboo blind is down

i bathe in the shade

#1093 (#207)

hiked to the wellspring

to search for good ideas

and found the well head

#1092

i dunno what’s this

i don’t know how this all works

does anyone else?

#1091 (#206)

cooling on the porch

not a very british thing

yet i imagine

#1090

the migraine man con

fuses and confuddles me

he won’t stop talking

#1089 (#205)

the old bush warbler,

its song practiced, perfected,

proudly sings aloud.

#1088

ear pods gym treadmill

getting real emotional

nostalgia/fitness

#1087 (#204)

office workers stare

as the afterglow of the 

past day fills the sky

#1086

the scratching that fills

the world between my pen and 

my head creates worlds

but really it is

keyboard tapping and screen light

nothing romantic

#1085 (#203)

even on ‘a’ roads

it looks like the countryside:

myriad green leaves

#1084

the ancient woodland

is alive with the mem’ries

it keeps to itself

#1083 (#202)

sweetfish on skewers

pinned as if swimming over

the fires below

#1082

a pilgrimage to

a place that was once sacred

is a waste of time.

#1081 (#201) (a yuri fiction)

lilies she gave and 

that's how she came out to me

all those years ago

#1080

the student loan tree

mocks me as I sit and wait

for the hold song's end

#1079 (#200)

summer kimono

shining bright and keeping cool

as the city melts

#1078

different eras

on view from left right to right

built on an old one

#1077 (#199)

the young leaves sprouting

know nothing of what's to come

they just bear witness

#1076

skin getting too hot

standing, staring and writing

just take a damn photo

#1075 (#198)

the fly in the field

gathering data on humans

waiting for the day

#1074

silence in view of

the city, near yet so far

a new time and place 

#1073 (#197)

thunder is a sound

that would be very welcome

in this cold summer

#1072

the quiet water 

of the docks no longer used

ripple memories

#1071 (#196)

remembered swimming:

the stress, the relaxation,

a water lifeline

#1070

too much caffeine :^S

concentration levels down

channelled into this

#1069 (#195)

hiding from my life 

water rail among grasses

comfort fills my breast

#1068

my attention span

not what it once was

#1067 (#194)

the light and the shade

of my green bamboo blinds is

the best place to hide

#1066

wind blows in and out

the seashell breathes as we do

though the life has left 

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Written for the Tricycle May 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, seashell. 

#1065 (#193)

my bubble cliche

played out in the tall flowers

of summer meadows

#1064

guarded so closely

(seashells and pebbles ratt’ling)

his pocket treasures

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Written for the Tricycle May 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, seashell. 

#1063 (#192)

the only summer 

thing about this summer is

the luxuriance

#1062

the seashell walked down

the beach, joining us for a

constitutional.

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Written for the Tricycle May 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, seashell. 

#1061 (#191)

the crunch underfoot

of fallen evergreen leaves

as i hide from seek

#1060

we celebrate shells

found on the beach yet shrink from

skeletons and bones

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Written for the Tricycle May 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Summer season word, seashell. 

#1059 (#190)

feel it in the air

see it all over the car

the south wind is here

#1058 (#189)

we've waited it out -

now preserved green plums on ice,

take the heat away!

#1057 (#188)

morning cloudiness

makes me fear until a change -

sunlight clarity

#1056 (#187)

each one’s the future

so many meals for the year

they say, rice planting

#1055 (#186)

in bed sick worries

mandarin orange blossoms

a good one to use 

#1054

along the grass paths

through the long grass paths

underneath the willow tree

#1053 (#185)

the crowds gather there

watching with wondrous smiles

tourist waterfall

#1052 (#184)

ants scurry through holes

across rooms and through the house

on ancient pathways

#1051 (#183)

a feather ruffle

and a small, knowing, smile

cormorant fishing