summer fun crowded beaches ice cream queues heightened traffic summer #chaos #vss365 #tanka

small kangaroo joey warily sniffs fallen #fruit but then chooses to chase butterflies #vss365 #tanka

tiny wrens #tend to sing louder than their mini size infers #vss365 #tanka

every season sports nature's new face her new #creation #vss365 #haiku

another coffee is always my daily #temptation #vss365 #haiku

the stories of youth may archive but sudden recall may be evident when wrinkles #arrive #vss365 #tanka

are we hurtling into wounded cities with no #brake in sight #vss365 #haiku

in those lean years he learned how to #coast on hope and dry bread #vss365 #haiku

rising bubbles in one child's drawing #descend is his wonder ruled by rules already? #vss365 #tanka

home the eagle's #summit #vss365 #haiku

the #cadence of life is life #vss365 #haiku

May there be more Sundays...

to be king of the mountain rise above the madding crowd spur your wheels on to #ascend the pain #vss365 #tanka

picturesque cloud art mirrored in still water a gentle #shift to two way beauty #vss365 #tanka

the internet #road is crammed with detours roadworks and roundabouts more than you ever thought possible #vss365 #tanka

they aimed to #turn a neglected house into a happy one children, a dog and a wrap around garden bring the spirit and many cans bring fresh paint #vss365 #haiku #tanka

productive energy needs a back up a good #tailwind of enthusiasm #vss365 #tanka

he collected white feathers in a mason jar tokens of connecting to many role models space role models his life was a #sprint to a possible future #vss365 #haiku #tanka

ongoing anger is a waste of time a waste of energy young couple's eyes seek forgiveness the #momentum the power of love finds a way #vss365 #haiku #tanka

heat and #headwinds challenge the Tour de France riders still hoping tailwinds may find them #vss365 #tanka

sandbanks #departed tides beach countless shells shells that provide life for others #vss365 #tanka

staunch river red gums cannot #conquer drought but still their thinning shade means some relief to weary wanderers #vss365 #tanka

motivated, #patient spider spins life threads between rose stems even the wind respects small sassy courage #vss365 #tanka

the flapping tatters of an old scarecrow provide #unabashed #magnetism for crows to relish imagined food #vss365 #tanka

only yesterday I saw you on The Assembly playing a friendly game of questions and answers with autistic journalists only yesterday the movie star met youth and praised them for a quirky range of questions only yesterday he was smiling relaxed enjoying the moment and now your smile lives on Sam

rusty hinges on a weathered gate still #embrace duty the old gate's struggling squeak (and groan) welcomes the drifter home #vss365 #tanka #haiku

inside a diary between blank pages slept #rose petals someone's hope or pain unwritten #vss365 #tanka

you are my earth girl but still I must reach for the stars #tanka

untamed, swarming restless ideas #frolic round a poet's mind finally a few thoughts synchronise #vss365 #tanka

she plants more tomatoes with #defiance her own time is short now but still she feeds tomorrows #vss365 #tanka