a pair of mallards
on the water.
The canal banks are full of flowers, hairy and rosebay willowherbs, birdsfoot and hop trefoils, tufted and bush vetches, angelica. Hoverflies and bees move from plant to plant. Numerous sparrows chirp from the hawthorn hedges, annoyingly unripe elderberries and brambles hang just out of reach.
Tiny fish wriggle in the water, pondskaters whirl on the surface. A family of swans glides by, the offspring grey and adolescent.thistledown
floats above the water -
robin's autumn song.
Along the Union Canal, Edinburgh
Very nice draws a lovely picture!
ReplyDeleteboth haikus are very serene. i want to sit by this canal banks now.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Juliet and thank you for visiting me :) Glad you enjoyed your Hermitage wander ...
ReplyDeleteYour words here are lovely :)
Pleased to meet you
Best wishes from this side of Scotland to That
Rima
You've got a gift for haiku -- the three lines create a living image of a moment.
ReplyDeletethis works so well... it's almost like i walked with you...
ReplyDeleteHello Juliet I am happy to discover your blog or the words play with the images and feel
ReplyDelete( my English is not good)
hi juliet, thank you again for coming to look at my pictures :-)
ReplyDeleteI love haikus but cannot write any, I seem to need to many words... I especially liked this simple but intense image: A family of swans glides by, the offspring grey and adolescent.
oh and I forget, thank you for taking the time to link those flowers, it was a great help and I enjoyed it very much :-)
ReplyDeletethe vivid imagersy is lovely!
ReplyDeletethe mallards are awfully nice. Is it still a Bun Haiku if there is Haiku on either end of the prose?
ReplyDeleteI love this mixture of poetry and prose - it somehow makes the imagery very vivid - it is a most restful piece - it floats along.
ReplyDeleteNice images, strongly suggestive of the season.
ReplyDeleteart and poetry, odessa, polona, nathan, roxana, magiceye, bill, weaver of grass - thanks
ReplyDeleterima - thanks for visiting me back, pleased to meet you too!
mister m - ah probably better than my French!
d.moll - as far as I know the haiku can go anywhere in a haibun,
Thank you for yet again bringing me vividly back to my Edinburgh days - I used to love cycling along the canals!
ReplyDeletethis is like you took a photo, with love and emotion, it drew inside as i read your words. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteDelightful and tranquil imagery in this whole piece.
ReplyDeleteLove the seedpods of the Bird's Foot! As always I so enjoy your links too :)
simply soothing.
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