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Janey ...

First blackthorn, pale as a daisy,

shy in the hedgerow

Helen...

Slanting sunlight through trees lights up water like a mirror.

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Janey...

Drizzle, early morning,

a goldfinch in the hedgerow my reward

Helen...

Blue patches of sky, birds sing, the sun breaks through.

72 micro-seasons 1

Janey

Endless cobalt sky forgets the winter. An icy wind remembers...

Helen 

Snowdrops getting fatter and brighter under these cold February skies.

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Janey...

A year rolls around,

sharp shoots strike green from the earth

these threshold moments

Helen...

Snowdrop miracle

Closes this year of Haiku

With promise of Spring

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Janey...

Rose, cobalt, lemon

and everywhere, indigo,

colouring my world

Helen ...

Dark losing its grip

On these mornings which lighten

Minute by minute

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Janey

Harbingers of spring -

the snowdrops eluded me

until yesterday

Helen 

Small bright green spears pierce

This cold wet earth, which fractures

Gradually, slow.

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 Janey...

A rain-splatter, then

a sparkling mackerel sky

welcomes in our day

Helen...

First thing, tangled rose,

all higgledy-piggledy - 

pruning has calmed her