Crafty Green Poet

watching the raindrops - kitten raises her paw to the windowpane  ** originally published in Blithe Spirit , the journal of the British Haik...

overcast skies - the meteor shower unseen **  I first posted this haiku a few years ago, but am reposting it, as last night, we had hope...

  autumn sunshine - the robin's song changes key    previously published on Haiku Seeds.  

newly fledged blackbirds in the garden — shadow of a cat ** originally published on Haiku Girl Summer .   

skylarksong— blue butterflies flutter in heat hazed fields   originally published in Haiku Girl Summer .   ** May is the perfect time to tak...

dandelion clocks — already too late for the bees ** originally published on Haiku Girl Summer .   ** I published a post today on my Substack...

song thrushes sing after the downpour — petrichor ** originally published on Haiku Girl Summer .   Haiku Girl Summer will re-open for submi...

warming seas— coral reefs weep with algae originally published in cattails .   ** read updates on the state of Australia's Great Barrier...

waiting for peace - a storm of petals in the garden ** originally published on Shadow Pond Journal here .

robins sing - scarlet elf caps in the moss  February is National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo). I've been writing a haiku every day ...

    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 ...

no rain in this 'rainy season' - silent lightning   ** Inspired by my time in Malawi, where the rains failed in my second autumn. Fi...

a sunbeam through the woodland canopy - dancing butterflies  * previously published in Golden Haiku 2024 and displayed in Washington DC

heat haze - nothing is quite what it seems ** first published on the Sun Baked issue of Haiku Girl Summer 2023

heat haze - swifts coming and going from nowhere ** originally published on Haiku Girl Summer .   ** I saw four swifts today, they will all ...

fewer swifts  in the sky this summer - my fading eyes  previously published in Trash Panda

house sparrows nest in the eaves - childhood memories originally published on HaikuNetra .  

so much  for the wildflower meadow - new supermarket  originally published on HaikuNetra .  

even in the pouring rain - skylarksong **  originally published on Haiku Girl Summer .   ** I'm delighted to have a haiku included in th...

Spring thaw - albino squirrel loses camouflage   previously published on Lothlorien Poetry Journal .   **  I'm delighted to have a story...