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23. A Haiku about Anything
Trees
Green tree tall and strong
Why do people cut you down?
Such a sacrilege!
You are beautiful
Gnarly twisted gorgeous tree
What happened to you?
Lone tree on the beach
A shady spot to relax
And look out to sea.
I used to compose haiku easily in my head when I was daydreaming or floating in the pool contemplating the sky or nature. I seem to have lost that skill.
Haiku were the only poems I was (sort of) good at. I cannot write a sonnet to save my life and poetry doesn’t come naturally flowing out of my fingers like Keeley’s.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photographs that accompany each poem. Aren’t they gorgeous? I love trees and love photographing trees whenever I’m travelling. They’re my favourite part of nature. Oh, also water – rivers, oceans, lakes, waterfalls – what am I…
