Nick lives in a small village in Somerset, South West England. He has enjoyed reading haiku since his early teens but only put pen to paper in more recent years. His passion for writing haiku was truly ignited while attending an Alan Summers One-Line Haiku course. In his spare time Nick enjoys being in nature, practicing tai chi and working with birds of prey at a local conservation charity.
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Herons are both magical and mystical aren't they? Of course occasionally they let themselves down by being incredibly clumsy at times, but as haiku writers we can forgive them!
That is a truly beautiful phrase in your haiku.
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Here's a River Avon heron haiku!
a river surreptitiously the heron
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: otata 11 ed. John Martone (November 2016)
Yes, indeed, Jo. Apparently a real nuisance around fish markets in the Netherlands!
Even so, I think we all admire and respect their one-legged patience.
Oh, I have some anecdotes about herons being clumsy! :-) That includes one being especially noisy too, that a whole group of haiku poets on a ginko missed, despite being huddled in conversation just 30 feet (or less) away! <grin>
Simple but beautiful…
grey heron
the depth of the river
in its eyes
—Nick T
Herons are both magical and mystical aren't they? Of course occasionally they let themselves down by being incredibly clumsy at times, but as haiku writers we can forgive them!
That is a truly beautiful phrase in your haiku.
*
Here's a River Avon heron haiku!
a river surreptitiously the heron
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: otata 11 ed. John Martone (November 2016)
Beautiful haiku–yes, mystical and magical. I've not seen them clumsy but as expert fisherbirds in every respect.
Yes, indeed, Jo. Apparently a real nuisance around fish markets in the Netherlands!
Even so, I think we all admire and respect their one-legged patience.
Oh, I have some anecdotes about herons being clumsy! :-) That includes one being especially noisy too, that a whole group of haiku poets on a ginko missed, despite being huddled in conversation just 30 feet (or less) away! <grin>
I must write about that incident one day!
warmest regards
Alan