#haikutraveldiary 2

Never have I ever been away from home for so long without making the new place my home; yet home away from home, thrice, an extended travel, not exactly a vacation, being not rushing, sudden or slowcooked multiserendipitous layered plans to connect and reconnect, one afternoon or evening or drink at a time (lord, the English can drink!), enough, never enough, overenough, forestalling the future, calculating did my bus and train and walk offset the flights, can we be divided and connected at once?

 

garden's modest luxury

the billion bricks of industry

warmth of a small country

 

  haibun Instadraft™ ©HM 2022
 

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We are four days away from our return to "ordinary" life, which won't be very much like the last 20 years of life, so let me not forget what this interlude begat. Here are the daily haikus, picking up from where I left off two weeks ago. (This is also where I figure out which days I missed.)

 Day 29

 

little fish in a big sea

I resist putting my face under

acclimation takes time 

 

 Day 28 

#drunkenlongform 

"Arrogant in Victory, Sullen in Defeat" - The Grant Family Motto

granted you are well practiced granted I’m always a half pint behind but tonight I’m granted a win 

 

Day 27 

salt-sticky grips on

this solar-spurred cycle 

the right speed to see

 

 

 

 

 

Day 26

 

seven dials eight miles 

eleven women score four 

big windows brighton our day

 

 

 

Day 22 

 

blue light and beer 

a proper night out 

we were not reserved  

 

 

 

Day 21 

 

evening speed 

past the kittiwakes’ racket 

hair shrieks its joy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 19

 

10 hours of driving

45 minutes of  Flowers for Algernon

worf it, bruv

 

 

Day 18 

 

copied cut and stitched 

on a plane 1996 

I recollect myself 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 17 

 

whenever they come to worship 

the church of eternal friendship 

is waiting 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 16

slow span of channel 

sun from end to end 

my only halo 

 

 

 

Day 15 

 

so much 

sheep shit 

we hardly notice 

 

 

 

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I'm late posting but I appreciate the space that my blog and  Poetry Friday make for whatever each of us wants to share.  Thanks to Marcie Atkins (another haikuist) for rounding us up this week!

 

#haikutraveldiary

 

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We have been in France and now will be in the UK for all of July, catching up with our family and friends here after two years apart. In a bid to keep writing, I set myself a "reasonable" goal to write one haiku each day...and then remembered how challenging it is to write a really effective haiku.  

As I reviewed the "rules" for modern haiku here and there, I found my way to this helpful overview.  I've tried to keep it in mind and I'm thoroughly happy with...about 20% of these.  They do make a nice album, though, combined with the photos I've taken. Here are the last handful; you can see the rest on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heidimordhorst

Day 14 

white sheep white swans white horse 

concentric greens 

we walk behind the cows

Day 13  (for Juliet Cox)

butterfly on my dinner plate 

goats in the gully 

a little mild peril  

 Day 12  (for Femi Oke)

 sphaerocephalon stand proud 

around the graduation

tasseled hats   high heels 

 

Day 11 

—this door or that one?— 

friends retrace their steps 

Old Joe’s long shadow 

 

Day 10

golden anniversary 

the little grandsons 

drop pebbles in the pool 

 

Day 9

holy Christ’s College!

from the pride festival 

love shines down 

  

Day 8 

cairning 

 

under the modest sun

I melt like the rocks

 

Day 7 

center court serve & volley 

from the sofa I watch 

sparrows rock the feeder 

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Our host today is Elisabeth at Unexpected Intersections, where she takes a different turn and intersects unexpectedly with a burrow!