As Yet Unused
These haiku are yet to be used.
Broken syringes
Wreak of Afghani fields
Creation is lost
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Four moons in the west
The eagle and the huntress
Prepare for battle
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Hard stone, Pennine grit
Earth gives up its solid past
Old feet passed this way
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Bland clouds carry rains
Finger bone tree holds no leaves
A storm closes in
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Eastern hill sun rise
Two lonely pylons stand still
The day has begun
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Paved track cuts damp peat
Across a wild open moor
Leading to the coast
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Granite guardian
Marking the passage of ships
Against the sea's rage
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Death in the sunshine
A pristine white wall bloodied
And it still goes on
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Back garden feeder
Inundated by dunnocks
Wildlife is real life
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Full moon, misted air
Barn owls call, barn owls respond
On a silent night
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Dark storm clouds threaten
Coble on a wrecking sea
Gulls circle, restless
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Through a glass window
Goldfinch, blackbird and sparrow
Witter endlessly
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White spottings of snow
Drifting in a hard cold wind
Across a wild moor
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Walking through spring trees
Moonset over the north lands
Searching for the day
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Unblemished smooth sand
Footprints written yesterday
Gone to meet the past
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Wind drifts on the Ouse
Sun shines on the nest making
Songs float on the air
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Voices dance in threes
Passers by pass on by
A waltz in two four
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Five sentinels stand
Observing time's passage
Waiting for the sun
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Giants whirl their arms
Taking goodness from the air
Feathers from the wind
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In fields of rapeseed
She lies in her nakedness
Awaiting the end