Raspberries
glow enticingly
in the hedgerow
Pity about the nettles

Problem?
Solution?
Yes!
Why worry?

Problem?
No solution?
Why worry?

Sun in my eyes
Can't see to write
Relax!
Guilt-free

I sat on my glasses
It didn't improve
my vision

Triangle player
breathes esoteric wording
his ping skin tingling

If Philosophy is a search
for the meaning of life
the first step to consider
is whether one is alive

Muddy boots again- I tell you
I will not put up with you
eternally tramping on my clean floors
I'm feeling so stressed
that I'm all of a tremble
and if it goes on indefinitely
there will be a kerfuffle

Who was she?

Sunshine
shows dust
right where you know
you just dusted

Antiques shops
fascinate, absorb the eye
and the imagination
Who may have owned
this intricately worked
elaborate confection of silver
set with jewels?
Did a miner fashion it
for a lover or a wife?
Did the longing for warmth of home
spill over into craftsmanship
so delicate it looks
as though a speck of dust
would disarray it?

I wonder

Group leader's away
Group will play
in verse
or worse

We all had dreams
and plans
to travel to far away lands
but then came Covid 19
so who now knows
what that might mean ?
Our plans
may become our dreams

Blueberry Friday
today adds fancy biscuits
Breaking tradition

Sometimes
ideas spring up
eager to become poems
Today -
desert

6 am
A bird sings
He likes getting up
I should

Hai Ku who are you?
Japanese form, poem true
May I write one too?

Work ethic
keeps me busying
doing, doing
impressing
my conscience

No
But
No buts
Why
Because I said so
But..

When I was a teenager
I thought
twenty was old
thirty was ancient
and forty was
positively prehistoric

Here we have for you
a happy birthday haiku
without more ado

'Message send failed'
Heads together
Try again
'Message sent '
Cheers!

"I'll ring you back"
I called back
She meant Monday

This snowman melted
though he struggled very hard
against the sun's rays

Trains cross russet moors
forests ravines waterfalls
in scenic splendor

“The square on the hypotenuse
is equal to the sum of the squares
on the other two sides”
I look at the triangle
and ponder the meaning
of that strange word hypotenuse
my skin getting goosebumps
and my breath all excited
when I should be applying the rule
to the problem
the geometry teacher
expects me to solve

From my window I see the flare of fireworks
and my ears are assaulted by the banging

the sight of the puppy cowering in fear
will be etched on my mind

such a brave little thing normally

The fireworks smell acrid
I fluff up my cinnamon and rosemary potpourri

Email arriving
saying "You're missed"
Energised, warmed
Started me giving

I gave up a committee
and got back my me

I sing of a black hole
an emptiness or a void
in the indescribable blaze
of a dying star
In a minute it is gone
and I have no more words
for my song

Leicester in lockdown
as the virus flares
just as the clouds
had a silvery edge
Those xyz foxes
zoomed into the henhouse
leaving hens headless
and us all in gloom

Got up early
Am out of sync
Wish I hadn't

Knit and natter
Waste of time
No!
Finished my knitting

Green is calming
Imagine a world
of red
instead