1
Call them pioneers
Shuck off that final layer
Earth reclaim yourself
#botaiku (final)
2
Sunlit and sun-kissed
Sun-worshipper, I see you
Sunlight is envied
#hangtenstories 93 (sunlit)
3
Writing on my skin
Our intricate rhapsody
Nocturnes are composed
#DimpleVerse #micropoetry #vss #prompt #tenwords #haiku
4
Alchemist envied
What the poet perfected
Lead turned into gold
#hangtenstories 94 (poet)
5
Used to trap water
Baobab a prison made
Aged convicts in casks
#haiku #botaiku
6
Look more carefully
When rendering us speechless
Awe or thievery?
#hangtenstories 95 (speechless)
7
Maintaining blue skies
In resisting your cloudburst
Painfully dry eyes
#hangtenstories 96 (cloudburst)
8
Unexpected jam
Requires a new turn ahead
City-living twists
#urbanku #CHIku #haiku (turn)
9
Up the garden path
In fifty metres turn right
…Recalculating
#urbanku #CHIku #senryu (turn)
10
Calm harbour awaits
After these violent oceans
Anchor in your arms
#hangtenstories 98 (calm)
11
Thought it illusion
A convenient glamour
But you gifted calm
#hangtenstories 98 (calm)
12
Music lost a trap
But can’t deny this big break
Quit your nine-to-five
Lost, RIP Joni Sledge
youtu.be/TSroXhI2uZs
#botaiku
13
Summer bestowing
Sweet berry farewell kisses
Sly fox has stained lips
#haiku #botaiku
14
Hard to understand
But quiet can speak volumes
Careful expressions
#hangtenstories 103 (quiet)
15
Blink and you miss it
This burning wheel always spins
Can’t hoard the fire
#haiku #botaiku
16
Never quite complete
Always more ’til done and dust
Late-comers welcome
#urbanku #CHIku #haiku (late)
17
Shouldn’t be like glass
Too afraid to hold too strong
In case life cuts deep
#haiku
18
Foolish arrogance
Throw more wood on the fire
It’s your funeral
#haiku
19
Nothing is truly
Broken beyond repairing
Just beyond wanting
#haiku
20
Mistakes wound but this
False repentance cut too deep
Not the deed that spliced
#haiku
21
Supportive display
Trees wearing hearts on branches
Forest networking
#haiku #botaiku
22
The struggling forges
This jewel out of living
Precious recompense
#hangtenstories 105 (jewel)
23
Be content with thirds
There’s no lucky quarter here
Life is how it is
#haiku #botaiku #senryu (lucky)
24
1
Sense in following
The path of least resistance
Explorers see more
#haiku
2
Easily done and
Well-trodden paths become ruts
Blinkering verges
#haiku
3
Despite the route we
All reach the same horizon
Different baggage
#haiku
4
At the journey’s end
Unpacking for the last time
Sharing souvenirs
#haiku
25
Where are you looking
For your saviour and hero?
Mirror’s holding out
#senryu #haiku #botaiku (where)
26
Muddy waters flow
A rhythm to soothe the blues
Ducks walk en passant
#botaiku
#RIPChuckBerry
27
No lodestar in sight
Remain on this dark island
Remembering stars
#haiku #poetry #nanowrimo #selfpub #poem #wattpad #ian1
28
Land mirroring sky
Colourful clouds blooming there
Soon rainbow puddles
#haiku #botaiku (colourful)
29
Hopeful explosion
Dust blossom attracts prospects
Seeds in prepared lands
#urbanku #CHIku #haiku (blossom)
30
Rescuing oneself
No timid quest accepted
We trained our dragons
#hangtenstories 111 & 112 (quest, timid)
31
Head stuck in the clouds
What use are stars or compass?
Just looking the part
#HaikuChallenge (use)
32
Crave depth of flavour
Don’t mind it’s artificial
Plain truth disappoints
#HaikuChallenge (plain)
33
Easy to admire
A world of extravagance
Fluttering like moths
#hangtenstories 113 (admire)
34
And eloquent words
Honey your bitter meaning
A bad aftertaste
#hangtenstories 114 (eloquent)
35
In the smallest crack
Life finds a way to flourish
Softens the edges
#haiku #botaiku (moss theme)
36
Moss rug laid down here
What things have been swept under?
Careful where you tread
#haiku #botaiku
37
Find no remedy
For that infectious laughter
Catching it again
#hangtenstories 115 (laughter)
38
Satisfy yearning
An incongruous concept
Need the next big thing
#DimpleVerse #vss #micropoetry #poetry #mpy #prompt #tenwords #haiku
39
Rested far too long
Moss has settled on this stone
Sleep or make a coat
#haiku #botaiku (moss theme)
40
Seeking to selfheal
Turning over many leaves
In gardens and books
#haiku #botaiku
41
Why is important
Gateway to understanding
Often left to rust
#hangtenstories 116 (why)
42
Shimmering garden
Offering whitecap effect
Fibre optic sea
#haiku #botaiku (effect)
43
Fibre optic grass
Solar powered star effect
Easy to install
#haiku #botaiku
44
Unforgettable
I cried, I lied, I tried to
Memory’s captive
#haiku #hangtenstories 117 (unforgettable)
45
Prize for tender care
Green rosettes grow in number
House becomes a home
#botaiku #haiku
46
You’re atmospheric
Swirling hurricane or breeze
Can’t breathe without you
#hangtenstories 99 (breeze)
47
Carefully maintained
Personalised body clock
Just don’t wind it up
#hangtenstories 101 (clock)
48
Green recruits emerge
Dead wood shifts uneasily
Good for the fire
#spring #botaiku #haiku (dead wood)
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