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Sirens wax and wane
wailing monotonous tune
backing unique pain
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©Jane Paterson Basil
Tag Archives: haiku
Botox #a haiku
Ivor
Ivor plumbs the depths
seeking out the sneaky leaks;
master of the pipes.
Ivor plumbs the depths
working away with a wrench;
prince of the porcelain.
Ivor plumbs the depths
leaving sink fittings gleaming;
king of the kitchen.
Ivor plumbed the depths.
In the fresh, peaceful evening
our hero can rest.
Written in a whimsical mood, for my lovely friend Ivor, who is not so green as he’s cabbage-like – an old saying from the North of England, meaning he’s not stupid.
©Jane Paterson Basil
Hornbeam #haiku
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hardy forest man
flirting boldly with the sun
~ schoolgirl pleats unfurl ~
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Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), is a tree native to the south of England and parts of Europe.. It is a deciduous, broad-leaf tree which can easily be mistaken for the common beech. Their leaves are similar, but those of the the hornbeam are more deeply serrated, and young ones have a rare and beautiful symmetry as they unfold.
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The Daily Post Unfurl
©Jane Paterson Basil
New look
I’ve given this blog a fresh header, and as I was admiring it, it occurred to me that it would look smart if I had a matching rainbow half-frame on the left side of each post. I planned to try the idea out with a haiku. This is the haiku:
playing with new look
nervous about posting this
take a deep breath – click
When I tried to arrange it I discovered a couple of technical difficulties – the first one being that I can’t line the vertical and the horizontal one as I would like. The second problem is that as my posts are all different lengths, if I wanted both parts of my frame to be the same width I’d have to crop the rainbow a different length for each post. As you can see, this vertical line is not long enough for the whole of the post, so that’s a third problem. I think the only thing I can do on a practical level is to throw away my lengths of frame.
©Jane Paterson Basil
Making it write 