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Late Summer Haiku
Late Summer Haiku Hot August day dawns Cooler September hidden The rains are waiting
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Autumn Haiku
Autumn winds chill us The shortening days lack pace Grey skies scar the month
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Haiku written on the 29th of August 2017 at St Margaret’s Bay in Kent
Hot promenade day Visitors at rest relax Admiring the view Girl with a dog smiles She paddles in the warm sea A passing gull dives
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Augustus and Stuart
We were both sitting on the beach at St Margaret’s Bay on what was likely to be the last hot day of the summer of 2017 A sea haze had obscured France and we both watched as the Dover ferries disappeared slowly into the heavy mists I looked at the artist who was sketching Noel […]
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Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Durer Albrecht Durer passed my house today Coffee Milkshake I asked him whether he would like a coffee milkshake Dairy Products Albrecht refused my kind offer and told me that he was allergic to dairy products
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Lost in Russia
I was lost in Russia for a while you know I said as I walked across the flat chalk fields near the Kingsdown cliffs My sisters Una and Muriel were with me I had not seen either of them for twenty-five years Prior to my release The huge white cliffs had not aged But we […]
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Carrie-Anne and New Mexico
During a break in filming Carrie-Anne returned to her trailer and made coffee for both of us Did you sleep well last night? Off and on I am not used to this heat Did you dream? Yes Anything exciting? Not really I dreamt that I purchased a Phil Collins record and inside the sleeve I […]
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Forgotten History
London Mission Sabbath School Class – Soldiers of the Cross Presented to Corporal Phillips 25th February 1890 The rest of the inscription was unreadable Time Closes Or so I am told
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Folkestone Postcard
Folkestone Sea calm as a millpond today August 26th 2017 Postcard Hot St Margaret’s Bay send postcard August 29th 2017
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Cool August Morning
The power lines create thin shadows Against the high city sky It is late summer But a warm day is promised We are travelling to the sea tomorrow And will swim before the sun sets August 25th 2017