#Leopard #Wallpaper

Many thanks to the consulate of Japan for selecting my haiku as part of their 2026 Sakura Haiku Challenge.

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First cup of tea: floating away on a river of dreams

First cup of tea: warning; side effects include happiness, daydreaming, pondering and satisfaction. ☕

First cup of tea: the pre-tea to post-tea bridge is built.

second cup of tea
transteadental harmonic
karma in a cup

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First cup of tea: holding the saucer, just one sip is out of this world

First cup of tea: as I’m a Yorkshireman, of course I drink from a flat cup.

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Happy International Haiku Day to you all! #internationalhaikuday #haiku 🌼

flipbook:
the movement of trees
in water

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Huge thanks to everyone at Presence journal for including my haiku in issue 84. That means a great deal.

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a new generation
sit by the pond
unsure whether to dive in

Words float round my head
Like leaves on a pond’s surface
Making abstract shapes

First cup of tea: the beginnings of a masterpiece

First cup of tea: the opening words of the first paragraph of the opening chapter of the day’s narrative.

#dailyhaikuprompt #mist

mountain mist
the mystical magic
of touching clouds

#dailyhaikuprompt #wisteria

twisting wisteria...
such a reminder
of aged bones

Bottesford Beck Scunthorpe

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Huge thanks to Patricia at Sense Sensibility for publishing my poem in the May issue.

leaning into wind
a spill of yellow
trumpets

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#dailyhaikuprompt #foggy

foggy morning
seen over hay stubble
the hare's ears

- Love, …

Cargo ships, a slow-moving line of elephant ants towards the bay's harbor. Fisher Penelope. Gray sun.

First cup of tea:
it's a whoopee moment
for me!

First cup of tea:
This drink
Helps me think
Helps me float
Not sink.

second cup of tea
my brew
number two
helps me
make haiku

but not today

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so this is love
the four o'clock train
departs at four

--Shinko Tokizane

恋成れり四時には四時の汽車が出る　時実新子

#senryu #translation

The story cast by the shadow.

This portrait captures a participant in the Arashiyama Hanatouro, a winter festival in Kyoto where the historic bamboo groves and temple pathways are illuminated by thousands of open-air lanterns. The individual is shown in a moment of quiet, ritualistic poise, their face meticulously prepared with traditional white shironuri makeup that serves as a stark, ethereal canvas for the subtly darkened eyes and deep red lips. A defining feature of this ceremonial presence is the elaborate headpiece, which includes a golden, crown-like element and long, braided white cords that frame the face with rhythmic, knotted patterns, reflecting the spiritual atmosphere of the "path of flowers and light".

A participant in the Arashiyama Hanatouro, a winter festival in Kyoto, Japan, her face with traditional white shironuri makeup. The elaborate headpiece, with its long, braided white cords that frame the face with knotted patterns, reflect the spiritual atmosphere of the "path of flowers and light".

First cup of tea: splashdown!

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First cup of tea: Best In Show!