The sleeper awakes: The full moon hangs low in the sky, And shines in her face. The full moon is indeed hanging low in the northern sky at present – it is at its lowest (from the northern hemisphere) part
Tuesday haiku – not for arachnophobes!
So many spiders Catching flies in my garden. Get out of my hair! Yes, it’s that time of year when I can’t go out in the garden without breaking up the happy homes of many different types of garden spider.
Tuesday haiku – #TackleTBR Readathon Round-up
Readathon round-up: I tackled six great sequels And loved ev’ry one! Technically I didn’t succeed with my Readathon challenge, since by midnight on Sunday I had only completed 60% of my sixth book. I claim two barriers – my kindle
Tuesday haiku – Noirwich
I went to Noirwich A crime writing festival. Thrills, spills and bodies! Noirwich was indeed an excellent festival, organised by UEA, Writers Centre Norwich, and Waterstones, with some wonderful sponsors as well. I enjoyed the readings by newer writers at
Tuesday haiku – Foraging
Season of ripe fruit; Gather berries from hedgerows And make tasty jam! Yes, it’s blackberrying time of year. I noticed the sloes were ready last weekend, and some of the wild brambles have ripe fruit – escaped cultivars are big
Tuesday haiku – planets
A sight before dawn: Venus, Jupiter and Moon All close together! After what is called a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in mid August – when objects appear to be very close together in the sky even though they are
Tuesday haiku – Clouds
Cumulonimbus, Altostratus or Mare’s tails – There’s a lot about! We’ve had some very interesting clouds lately – I suspect what is called “Ex-hurricane Bertha” by our weather forecasters has something to do with it. We’ve also had very changeable,
Tuesday haiku – Grouse
The Glorious Twelfth! Start of the shooting season. Keep your heads down, chaps. If you’re a grouse, or other game bird, 12th August is a very bad day. I don’t notice it much, but around my village it’s the 15th
Tuesday Haiku – August
Hot days of August: Everyone’s on holiday. Except you and me! I guess your kids may be on holiday, but parents never really have holidays while the kids are young, do they? I live in a county that attracts tourism,
Tuesday Haiku – Viridian System 1
Big Pete and the Swede – Stolen from their loves to find The Perihelix! I’m not sure that the female protagonists of the story should really be classed as their loves, but what do I know, they may surprise me
Tuesday haiku – July
July’s troubled skies: Hailstorms, sun, heat and showers End in thunderstorms! We’ve just about had it all this month and we’re only three parts through. I had a few golf competitions over a five day period and went from being
Tuesday Haiku – the Open
Four days of torture: Seventy-two holes of golf. It’s just The Open! The Open Golf Championship is the big event of the year for UK golfers, and of course, since the sport started here, it’s the only Open Championship that
Tuesday Haiku – Wimbledon
Wimbledon’s over; Green lawns and strawberries gone – Djokovic the champ! I was spoiled for choice on my haiku subjects in the last few weeks. The UK tennis highlight is over, and a new champ crowned to fit my haiku.
Tuesday Haiku – Midsummer
On Midsummer’s Day, Druids greet the Stonehenge dawn. Let’s all celebrate! Actually, I apologise: the druids do their stuff on the longest day – June 21st – and not Midsummer. I’ve never known a satisfactory explanation for Midsummer not being
Tuesday haiku – grief
Many kinds of grief: From raw, ripped desolation To empty snuggles. An observation rather than a reflection of my current state. I didn’t want to post this one last week because of the free days for Bravo Victor. But I