after-rain sunlight
streets shimmer in evening glow
soaked walkers steaming
~
CLP 17/05/2021
On Water XL
Tag Archives: Haiku
On Water xxxix
awe inspiring thought
oceans deeper than mountains
well over my head
~
CLP 16/05/2021
On Water xxxvii
steel boxes voyage
endlessly over Seven Seas
enough to go round
~
n.b. Needs are relatively simply met, the economic and climate disruption problems arise due to rapacious desires, the unlimited wants of consumerism, the uninhibited excesses of free market ideology.
There must be a better way, involving caring and sharing, like families, possibly.
CLP 15/05/2021
On Water xxxv
flow from root to leaf
hydraulics seek to balance
inequalities
~
n.b. Proper “Levelling up”.
CLP 09/05/2021
On Water xxxiv
displacement of sorts
along coventry canal
coconut in sky
~
CLP 12/05/2021
On Water xxxiii
humidity change
softens the blackbird’s sharp song
permeates morning
~
CLP 10/05/2021
On Water xxxi
oh! perfect puddle
ice in water, trapped vapour
holy trinity
~
CLP 10/05/2021
On Water xxix
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
drip, drip, drip, drip, drip…
~
CLP 08/05/2021
On Water xxviii
April’s lost showers
failed to apologise
for turning up late
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n.b. How rude.
CLP 06/05/2021
On Water xxvii
bent double by grief
sadness enough to birth rivers
path shadowed by tears
~
CLP 04/05/2021
