Yule By Dawn Mclachlan Drawn by bells and hope Carrying the winter green Bright lit by candles With hands and hearts held high we Sung our way out of the dark

Time for another #FridayPoem and this time it’s a festive #tanka

Have a glorious #yule
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Bufo Bufo By Dawn McLachlan Caught by the weather Pressed to ground by Autumn rain I sit with the toad We hear the river Flowing cold and deluge-deep Spawning memories The toad watches me Verrucose skin glistening Against the damp earth Fixed by copper eyes From cautionary distance Tolerated space In softening eve We rest in the fading light Just me and the toad

Huge thanks to @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social for advice on a #poetrytheme prompt #amphibian
This #haikuset is definitely better thanks to your help. Thanks for all you do to support poets.
Toad in this pic is also the actual toad that I share my plot with.
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Sorry I was late
I shared plums with butterflies
And tempus fugit

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You Are Here A haiku set by Dawn McLachlan I found a signpost In the torment of the storm It said “you are here” I trace a new route From where the map has worn through A thousand touches The contours vanish In the fading of the light But the hills remain In the dark of night Underneath the salted sky Our pathways align When the night has fled And morning light falls like rain I know you are here

This week’s #FridayPoem from the #poemsabout prompt - #starcrossed

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Blackberry Days A haiku set by Dawn McLachlan We cross the strandline The curved beach a golden band wedding woods to sea Stepping into shade Where air is blackberry rich Such earthy perfume I am young once more Skin bejewelled with scratches Fingers and lips stained My bowl is so full And the long autumn shadows Will guide our way home

My #FridayPoem this week comes from a prompt from a friend’s niece who suggested I write a poem about “a memory inspired by a smell”
This was a pleasure to write.

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Cherry Tree By Dawn McLachlan Branches garnet ringed Engaged to the summer sky Reaching for the sun Here, in the orchard On a blue day smudged with clouds I am become Thief

One for #smallpoemsunday

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Wax Tears by Dawn McLachlan The hill that you chose Frosted and bitter as contempt Do you like the view? Come, take steeper paths We’ll climb the highest mountains Into such bright air

A #FridayPoem for #poemsabout prompt - #WaxTears

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Latitude A haiku set by Dawn McLachlan Once upon a time The whole world seemed chaotic And without a pause We feared the silence Words crammed into each corner Chatter like the birds We minded the gaps As the hours were fleeting Still so much to say Now, joy is in peace The words known but unspoken Drift silent as clouds Whirling time settles As the hourglass slows down To meet our heartbeats

This week’s #fridaypoem
is about damn time.

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Sidings A haiku set by Dawn McLachlan In the grey city Hemmed in by rivers of steel Beneath concrete cliffs An island of green In the whorls of the railway Pressed in by fencing There, poppies still grow And foxgloves reach for the light Buttercups glow gold Inch by steady inch Bindweed stretches out tendrils Disguising chain link Bright swathes of daisies Buffeted by train slipstream Shimmer in twilight Moonlight silvers rails As a fox cuts through shadows Like a rusting knife Night trains rumble on In darkness, sidings unseen But vibrant with life This small patch of dirt This haven. This green life bridge Unkempt, not unloved ©️ Dawn McLachlan

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Long Barrow a haiku set by Dawn McLachlan Curves of land and stone hint of secrets locked beneath this fecund landscape We dig among ghosts ashes of our history embers of the lost This place speaks to us with a voice of bead and bone Whispers of the past ——- Image shows pen and ink illustration of a long barrow entrance by William Boyd Dawkins (Creative Commons licensed)

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Friday Poem Winter Came Too Soon A haiku set by Dawn McLachlan I’d felt the chill wind But turned my mind against it And dreamt of apples The gold of autumn Became silver overnight Unexpectedly Winter came by stealth A soft silence tumbled down Muting the morning We woke to snowfall Rendering all the landscape Unfamiliar Across the orchard Branches glittered with late fruit Soft flesh rimed with frost That winter bit hard And through the long icy nights I dreamt of apples *image shows this poem next to a photo of frosted icy-looking apples

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