Category: Haiku
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It’s All Over Now
Orchard Studio April 05 – June 20 Orchard Studio Farewell A white roomMy footsteps echoAll has gone Pause. Deep breathSilent reflection……….Time to leave Nothing lasts forever and earlier this year I was given notice to vacate my lovely studio. It has now been sold, so for the last few weeks I’ve been packing everything up. It’s been…
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Dans le port d’Amsterdam
Operation Amsterdam 1997 & 1998 Following footsteps I walk streets graced by Rembrandt To catch his shadow * Balancing bridgeways Over watery highways Cobble stoned byways * Coffee, freshly brewed Rijksmuseum, van Gogh too Mind that! Sidestep poo! Wet Streets, silver lines Hand rolled cigs (but not Woodbines!) Red lights, neon signs Bike bells ring,…
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Miss You
Oh, Vienna An ongoing memento…….. In Graben A beautiful voiceSinging in a crowded streetWith dark, closed, blind eyes Time stilled, lost in songIgnored by walking talkers– but not by us 25.7.08
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Other Side of the World
Behind the Iron Curtain in Leningrad & Moscow April 1986 Witnessing a worldBehind an Iron CurtainShutters shut. Blinds down Entrance permittedBut with movements restrictedSuspicion abounds Cold, grey, colourlessMonochrome. SepiatoneSpectrum hand-me-down * A first impression of Russia – Welcome to Leningrad Late night arrivalBlack sky, glist’ning snow – floodlightsA chill in the air Airport receptionMachine guns…
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When in Rome
Roman Holiday 27.12.02 – 3.1.03 Like Hepburn and Peck It’s our ‘Roman Holiday’ Second honeymoon trek! * Speaking with gestures And an operatic tongue – Italiano! * Time to do nothing It’s ‘dolce far niente’ – Delicious idleness! * Rome Kerb Drill Firstly, find a Nun Wait close by her right hand side Don’t cross…
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Worth the Wait
Catching Breath in Venice 8 – 10.1.06 Learning from a Master A daunting prospect Following giant footsteps And reputation Walking in a dream And looking through Turner’s eyes With captivation * Drowning in adjectives! Incomparable Majestic, ethereal Unbelievable Irreplaceable Mystical, sensational Unforgettable! * Looking back at Canaletto They’re inaccurate But entirely convincing. Paintings come alive!…
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A Thousand Trees
Epping Forest Corporation of London Christmas Card Commission 2001 & 02 Centuries of leaves In a cathedral of trees Carpeted with breeze * Alone in a crowd Light dim. A face peers out From a crumpled skin * Ticker tape welcome Confetti fluttering like Pennies from Heaven * Rockin’ and Rollin’ Arms raised, Hallelujah’in Tall,…
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Three Little Birds
Caribbean Crete 16 – 22 May 2015 “Don’t worry about a thing, ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right. Singin’: “Don’t worry about a thing, ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right! “ Rise up this mornin’, Smile with the risin’ sun, Three little birds Pitch by my doorstep Singin’ sweet songs Of…
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Take Me To The River
The Art of Poetry Two paintings, ‘Blue Salute Sunset. Turner Speaking From Beyond the Horizon’ & ‘Black Nene Willows’, included in a diverse exhibition of art inspired by poetry and accompanied by the poetry that inspired it. The exhibition, at Obsidian Art Gallery in Stoke Mandeville, will be open from Friday 21 March – Wednesday…
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A Salty Dog
Sounds of the Sea A collection of North Norfolk seascapes on show at the Right Angle Gallery, Brackley. A distant horizon, the taste of sea salt, the call of sea birds and the running tide, with a soundtrack by Elgar, Debussy, Britten, Glazunov …………………………………… and Procul Harem A Salty DogOil on Board 30 x 61…