We stood by a field, watched waves of leafy greenness rolling, wind-blown and whispering, born from earth and sky. We stood and breathed the scent of stiff-stalked oats flourishing and bearing flavoursome, nourishing crisp-cased seeds. I held your hand on that summer walk, a slightly calloused hand normally used to work, sometimes to cook and […]
Tag: Comfort
Comfort
I shiver in the empty white field, watch as snowflakes melt on my lashes, nibble frozen stalks of grass, icy glass against my chattering teeth. They fall heavy in my hollow gut. The sun’s long up, milky drops through bulky clouds. Crows throw stark shadows in lacy branches that move with the hours until the […]
Night Comfort
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #109 This week Chèvrefeuille has introduced us to a haiku by Yasomura Rotsu, a not so well known haiku-poet, and challenged us to compose a second stanza of two lines to add to it: higon-mae samusa mo hito-yo futa-yo kana before the spring equinox the cold will last only […]
writing in north norfolk 