Celia Jenkins

Lovely day today, my last weekend in Japan and it was beautifully sunny, if a bit windy here at the seaside. Lots of inspiring views. 106. enjoying the view leaning back on sun-bathed deck splinter in my hand 107. garden full of thyme there are so many boats out on the sea today 108. new planks on the deck if only the breeze would drop what a lovely day 109. eating tiny cakes overlooking seaside view dead pig on the beach 110. island like a tooth jutting from that awesome blu

Just a few haiku today - been busy on the farm, enjoying the fresh air, etc. 98. walking on the beach the sea, smelling so fishy cormorant, diving 99. billowing like smoke treetops erupting with leaves roads that cut like knives 100. exquisite cafe cheap cake sets and strong coffee, overlooking road #haiku #NaPoWriMo2017haiku575 #NaPoWriMo #poetry

No haiku yesterday, just a few today. Been a busy bee, of course. 94. galloping white foam nudging further up the beach icing on a cake 95. wrinkles in the sand aged woman stoops to save floating plastic spade 96. turquoise tinged with brown crashing waves churn up the sand dregs of miso soup 97. writing in the sand messages no-one will read and yet, still pausing #haiku #NaPoWriMo #poetry #NaPoWriMo2017haiku575

Another good haiku day. We went to a great exhibition about Pompeii at the Fukuoka City Museum, as well as the general exhibition, and enjoyed lunch by the beach. Last weeks in Japan now... Read the word 'hoary' in some Virginia Woolf this morning and ti worked its way into my first two poems. 85. delicate petal caught on a hoary cobweb spider peels it off 86. hoary rolling haze cloaking skyscrapers and sea tendrils of a ghost 87. sun warmed concrete pier two young lads with

It's the weekend, but no rest for the wicked! I've been busy submitting picture book manuscripts to publishers, and doing a bit of marketing for my bilingual picture book which was published this week. A bit of time for some haiku :) We took a seaside cycle this morning in the sun - good call as it is windy and rainy now. 81. fragrant salty breeze caressing my beach-side face parasols twirlin' 82. sweetness in the air petals dust my clean laundry gravel in my shoes 83. decept

Now settled in at my final stop in Japan - Fukuoka. Two weeks left of our time in Japan - 2.5 years in total. We have two short stays in Fukuoka city before we leave, but most of our time will be at this beautiful seaside location, doing some outdoor work, and hopefully chilling out a bit before our next mad adventure - a whirlwind trip through China. Anyway, four haiku today - 2 on the bus (4.5 hours) from Hiroshima to Fukuoka, and two on the beach this afternoon. We have a

Spent today on Miyajima island (Hiroshima) and didn't have much time for haiku. We spent a large part of the day hiking up a mountain (hence the hiking haiku) so not much writing time today. Never mind - 5 hours on a bus tomorrow so plenty of time for writing! 62. hikers coming down pungent odour lets me know a tough climb ahead #haiku #poetry #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2017haiku575

My goodness, what a day. What a weird, stressful day here on our workaway experience. It's certainly not going to plan. All the same, I managed to pen one haiku, so here it is. 45. croaking just for me frog in mud that no-one sees snowdrop drenched in dew #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2017haiku575 #poetry #haiku

Day four of NaPoWriMo. Cherry blossoms are featuring heavily! They are just on the brink of coming out properly, and they'd better get on with it because rain is forecast at the weekend and will surely ruin them. My haiku for today. 21. chopping down bamboo smell of cut grass, musty, dry colour of pea soup 22. countryside rush hour didn't know it existed slow view of nature 23. fly on cinder block jumps up when I pass and then settles down again 24. elevated road elderly dear

Another day spent mostly on public transport... so glad to finally be grounded now for a few weeks are least. The cherry blossoms are so nearly there, I'm looking forward to seeing them in full bloom! 14. spring sunshine cool breeze naked branches charcoal grey waiting for the warmth 15. empty park benches though the trees are full of buds just wait two more days 16. mountain forest slashed like a caesarian scar rope-way in springtime 17. KFC bucket elevated on a plinth moder