eight minutes from the sun unfurling ferns
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Simon Hanson
Simon Hanson lives a forested nook in northern Tasmania, within a stone?s throw of a running creek, relishing the landforms and stones, trees and plants and numerous kinds of birds and animals that comprise this sacred place. He is Secretary to the Australian Haiku Society and co-editor of the online haiku journal Echidna Tracks. View all posts by Simon Hanson
Tessalating tuffs
Geodesic displaying
Dying weeds in wind?
Given time; within this warmth; leaves open.
__ That speed of light, moment upon moment our sun nurtures life… well seen Simon. _m
Ah the fabric of space and time! Love this one.
sunbeams – expressions soften to meet in the middle
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eight minutes from the sun unfurling ferns
—SIMON HANSON
Beautiful one line haiku. I love that 'eight minutes from the sun' opening.
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spring equinox a mother unfurls her son
Alan Summers
From the haikai/monostich series "Mistero una volte"
Weird Laburnum (November 2019)