Celia Jenkins

Four Haiku Hermit crab - I plough heart-heavy footsteps To the sand Attic room rain drum, Strangley ensconced - Springtime sigh Petals...

The beginning, day one. The letter 'a'. Acrostic? But no, I want to focus on trying something new. So I was interested to discover a...

Not long to go until National Poetry Writing Month 2020. Here's my #NaPoWriMo notebook for this year. If I don't write a poem, the...

I did National Poetry Writing Month (#NaPoWriMo) in 2017 and 2018, but last year we were in the manic midsts of buying a house and I was...

Two haiku for you :) 24. sunshine, sunglasses, sakura still blooming but, wow! those summer feels! 25. slam of a car door, early...

Well, I haven't been posting my haiku every day, but I have been writing them! Here is a quick catch-up of what I've written recently,...

08/04/18 9. irresistible first breath through new pages, turned open, midnight book 10. petals take flight, leap caution to the wind, the...

In memoriam. 8. wingéd hourglass a young man not growing old, lambs are in the field #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2018haiku575 #haiku #poetry

6. the bees, oh, the bees! slush mud springtime, crisp fresh breeze, we awaited you 7. primrose, daffodil, thrumming hum, thick...

We have some lovely little lambs in the field down the road. Not too skittish. I've founded four marking colours. 5. born in snow, poor...

Hello, and Happy Easter! So, according to Wikipedia, a haiku is: a very short form of Japanese poetry. It is typically characterised by...

For this month's first BaBs article, I'd like to showcase something I love which you may not have heard of. I first heard of this many...

A few haiku from today - lovely sunny afternoon despite the forecast predicting rain. 102. branch of a tree in the corner of my window,...

So I haven't quite written haiku every day for NaPoWriMo, but the other goal I had in my head as to write at least one-hundred haiku this...