near the midnight train...

near the midnight train
old gates pale in
the moonlight




Linking to:
Haiku Horizons -  near

on some grey morning...

on some grey morning
I felt spring weeping
just inside the gate


Linking to:
Sunday Scribblings 2 - just inside the gate

shadow charms...

shadow charms
may be safe from the beams of
prying eyes


Linking to:
Sunday Scribblings 2 - safe from prying eyes

a memory sign...

sign at the entrance to the Warringine Park wetlands - Hastings entrance...


a memory sign 
wise soul-connections drive
the old land tracks


Linking to:
Haiku Horizons
- drive
Sunday Scribblings 2
- wise

wild outdoor party...

wild outdoor party
winter-logged guests are welcome
to stay inside

eerie winds moan
translucent mists blur
guarded party doors



Linking to:
Haiku Horizons - Party
Three Word Wednesday

plum...

sculpture at Montalto vineyards...


winged energy
a plum odyssey for
ambition


Linking to:
Sunday Scribblings 2 - plum

sand...

sand welcomes... the waves of time 
while  footprints are weighed... and measured


NOTE:
I have chosen to use the zip haiku form

Linking to:
Haiku Horizons - sand

gingerly she walks...

gingerly she walks... an autumn foreshore 
crinkled sunlight... sighs

return...

a view of the crowds at the recent annual Kite Festival on the Rosebud foreshore...


sun blessed skies
flying souls return on
willing winds


Linking to:
Haiku Horizons - return

scrap...

footprints of rain
littered with scraps of
somewhere else 


Linking to:
Haiku Horizons - scrap

bridge...

reflections 
bridge the rift between
questions and answers


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - bridge

button...

rain snippets on wood
button hole glimpses of 
summer light on leaves


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - button

brew...

low tide
cold brew of muddied rocks and
magic pools 


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - brew

braid...

peeling bark 
braids the winds and
the seasons


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - braid

boat...

when winds swing me and
sun razzle dazzles my soul
my boat sails


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - boat

beehive...

mud ridged shoreline
combed with fish bones
pelican beehive


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - barn

barn...

Pioneer Clipper
former touring grand lady
old barn on wheels 



NOTE
The Flxible Clipper bus pictured is one of 131 buses built for Pioneer Tours in Australia.
It was in the Westernport Festival parade at Hastings today


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - barn

brussels sprouts...

power coil shadows 
art of brussels sprouts 
sauteed


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - brussels sprouts

bling...

Glittering summer morning waters at Balnarring on the Mornington Peninsula


seascape bling
diamond stars and flashy lights
for free


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - bling

baby...

budding capsules  
lightly shawled in a
motherly network



Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - baby

burrito...

saffron and chili
salad carriage empties
burrito season 


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - burrito

bagel...

little sand snail
celebrates new summer with
a living bagel


NOTE
Sand snails lay eggs in kidney-shaped egg jellies.
If you hold one up to the light, you will see spots inside which are the tiny eggs.
This photo was taken at Rosebud beach.


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - bagel

bicycle...

summer pedal power 
pumps the winter locked muscles
warms cold souls


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - bicycle

busker...

on any beach street
there's a brazen seagull
busking for chips


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - busker

betrayal...

faithful old pier 
betrayed by progress
now Nature's treasure


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - betrayal

book...

tree of life and soul 
book a place in time
to taste the leaves


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - book

break...

break of day
is a beautiful
fracture 


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - break

biscuit...

rock face
baked in a slow oven
biscuit crumble 


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - biscuit

bean...

classical music 
background distraction
while stringing beans


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - bean

belief...

a shared journey 
through the seasons means
a shared soul


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - belief

bounce...

life
can animate
the lifeless


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - bounce

box...

for the fragile
closed, reinforced space
hopeful safety


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - box

battery...

summer water slide 
battery of speed sparks
a brief tsunami


 Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - battery

bump...

summer leaves
blistered with autumn colours
bump in the seasons


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - bump

black...

struggling mansion
feigning life behind
a black iron fence


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - black

bandaid...

designer ring
staples old summer joys to
new questions


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - bandaid

brother...

by the beach 
a wise old eccentric tree
my brother



Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - brother

banjo...

his banjo fired
dangerous songs and
cooled with flowers



Pete Seeger died 27th January 2014 - Bolshie with a banjo


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - banjo

afterlife...

afterlife
new signs in new times
new carpet ride


NOTE
In memory of Kat Creighton who loved the beach, the sea in New Jersey.
Her haiku blog was my ninth life.
Her gift from a friend, a seashell angel, was her most recent avatar on Facebook.


Kat died 15.1.14


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - afterlife


over the edge

of a wooden boat
fingertips counting the moments
to ever after

alternative...

filtered dress styles
bending the bars of culture
for cooling comfort



NOTE
In memory of Kat Creighton who loved the beach, the sea in New Jersey.
Her haiku blog was my ninth life.
Her gift from a friend, a seashell angel, was her most recent avatar on Facebook.


Kat died 15.1.14


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - alternative

at the edge of the tide
wondering if it's too late
to make another choice

absolution...

church neighbour
does a rising resort need
absolution


The new 2 storey Nepean resort is being built right next door to old St Mark's church in Dromana.
They are both right opposite the beach.


NOTE
In memory of Kat Creighton who loved the beach, the sea in New Jersey.
Her haiku blog was my ninth life.
Her gift from a friend, a seashell angel, was her most recent avatar on Facebook.


Kat died 15.1.14


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - apology

apology...

I am who I am
and I don't apologise
for my smile


NOTE
In memory of Kat Creighton who loved the beach, the sea in New Jersey.
Her haiku blog was my ninth life.
Her gift from a friend, a seashell angel, was her most recent avatar on Facebook.


Kat died 15.1.14


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - apology


I won't apologize
 for some days wishing
 the clouds would sweep me up
 and cuddle me in soft, white, fluffy
 oblivion

alchemy...

rainbow wings
sapling sails and fluent earths
summer alchemy



NOTE
In memory of Kat Creighton who loved the beach, the sea in New Jersey.
Her haiku blog was my ninth life.
Her gift from a friend, a seashell angel, was her most recent avatar on Facebook.


Kat died 15.1.14


Linking to:
National Haiku Writing Month - Facebook prompts - alchemy