Rainy Day Haiku

watching the raindrops -
kitten raises her paw
to the windowpane

 **

originally published in Blithe Spirit, the journal of the British Haiku Society.  

**

Today is World Bee Day, to read my latest Crafty Green Poet Substack post about bees, click here.  

nightskies haiku

overcast skies -
the meteor shower
unseen

** 

I first posted this haiku a few years ago, but am reposting it, as last night, we had hoped to go to a meteor watching party but the skies clouded over and the party was cancelled....

Also a few years ago, Dosankodebbie made a beautiful artwork incorporating this haiku, you can see it here. 

Robin

 

autumn sunshine -
the robin's song
changes key 

 

previously published on Haiku Seeds.  

fledgling haiku

newly fledged blackbirds
in the garden —
shadow of a cat

**

originally published on Haiku Girl Summer. 

 

heat haze haiku

skylarksong—
blue butterflies flutter
in heat hazed fields

 

originally published in Haiku Girl Summer.  

**

May is the perfect time to take a walk, so that's what I wrote about in my latest Crafty Green Poet Substack post, which you can read here.

haiku for the bees

dandelion clocks —
already too late
for the bees

**

originally published on Haiku Girl Summer.  

**

I published a post today on my Substack blog. It's all about birds' nests, from the beautiful magpie nest I shared photos of here a few days ago to the swifts we hope will use the nest boxes we put up a few years ago! You can read it here. 

birdsong haiku

song thrushes sing
after the downpour —
petrichor

**

originally published on Haiku Girl Summer.  

Haiku Girl Summer will re-open for submissions of haiku on 15 May. 

**

I've just added some vintage sew on patches to my Crafty Green Magpie Etsy shop, you can see them here. 

haiku

warming seas—
coral reefs weep
with algae

originally published in cattails.  

**

read updates on the state of Australia's Great Barrier Reef here. 

 

Haiku for Peace

waiting for peace -
a storm of petals
in the garden

**

originally published on Shadow Pond Journal here.

haiku

robins sing -
scarlet elf caps
in the moss 

February is National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo). I've been writing a haiku every day so far this month! 

Here are some excellent resources for appreciating and writing haiku:

NaHaiWriMo Website.

Aha Poetry.

British Haiku Society.

Haikai and Haiku on the Forgotten Poets Substack. 

**

Meanwhile, after a wee haitus, I've posted a new post on my Substack blog. You can read it here. 

Autumn loss

 

 

early frost -

our first autumn 

without you

**

A couple of people close to me have died this year, my Dad in March and a good friend of mine a few weeks ago. So it's sad times here. 

I wrote a post about green funerals over on my Substack blog, which you can read here.

Rainy Season haiku

no rain

in this 'rainy season' -

silent lightning 

 **

Inspired by my time in Malawi, where the rains failed in my second autumn.

First published in The Mamba, Issue 14, the journal of the Africa Haiku Network.

 

Butterfly haiku

a sunbeam

through the woodland canopy -

dancing butterflies 

*

previously published in Golden Haiku 2024 and displayed in Washington DC

Hot Summer Haiku

heat haze -
nothing is quite
what it seems

**

first published on the Sun Baked issue of Haiku Girl Summer 2023

Summer Bird Haiku

heat haze -
swifts coming and going
from nowhere

**

originally published on Haiku Girl Summer.  

**

I saw four swifts today, they will all return to their wintering grounds in Africa soon.

 

fewer swifts haiku

fewer swifts 

in the sky this summer -

my fading eyes 

previously published in Trash Panda

House Sparrow haiku

house sparrows
nest in the eaves -
childhood memories

originally published on HaikuNetra.

 

wildflower haiku

so much 

for the wildflower meadow -

new supermarket 

originally published on HaikuNetra.

 

Rainy Spring Haiku

even
in the pouring rain -
skylarksong

** 

originally published on Haiku Girl Summer.  

**

I'm delighted to have a haiku included in this year's Golden Haiku, on display in Washington DC. You can read all the haiku here. 

I'm also happy to have a senryu in issue 42 of Prune Juice. You can read the whole issue here.

Spring haiku

Spring thaw -
albino squirrel loses
camouflage

 

previously published on Lothlorien Poetry Journal.  

** 

I'm delighted to have a story 'Grandma's Old Biscuit Tin' published on Flash Fiction North. Scroll down on this link, but read the other stories along the way too!