Sunday 21 August 2011

Haiku 25-31

These were, in good haiku fashion suggested by our recent visit to Namibia where the fragile life forces are just winning. It would be inspiring to visit at the end of the rainy season when life explodes briefly.


25                                                      
orangegrey skystripes
jinglejanglemorning gold
dustsand nightfootprints


26                                                   
scorchred dune lifemist
lizard beetle stoneytrees
delicate lily



27
sharktooth thorns brushbloom             
tiny pinkgreen buds foldcoiled
like stick insect eggs


28                                                          
hanginghaystacknest
chattering citytwitter
fluffy zebra wing


29                                                       
thousand yellow stars
desertgritsand thorny parched
unlikely survival

30                                                        
winter never rains
dormant grassland bluesunsky
small stormcloud rainbow

31
craggy islandrocks
flaxdrygrass-sea flaxblue sky
fragile lifebalance


4 comments:

  1. book-travel-update
    Hi Jane
    Loved your idea of 60 challenges and seems to me that you are having a great time and living life to the full. How inspirational! Your photos are sensational! I found your book perched high up on the windowsill in the ladies ablutions at Halale Camp in Etosha. It is now in Johannesburg and I am going to find a place to leave it. We live here and my daughters were intrigued with your concept. Happy Travelling and enjoy your year.
    Vicky Hyland
    vhyland@apps.co.za

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  2. Thanks for that Vicky, good to know the idea (my niece's, see www.threebeautifulthings.co.uk) worked. Keep in touch, there will be some more Namibia photos presently.
    Feedback is always good
    jane

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  3. Ohh, how lucky are you to get a response! I've never had a single reply to any of mine.

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  4. I've had 2 responses now, one from Ingleborough where I was with a DofE group, hope for more.

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