Headspace limited
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) January 26, 2025
Looking up to stay grounded
I reach for the sky#qigong #senryusunday pic.twitter.com/klNA7F1ec1
Under heavy skies
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) January 18, 2025
A ribbon of blazing light
Winter’s twilight gaze#haikusaturday #sunset pic.twitter.com/8LC8a4hwGv
dancing in the breeze
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) July 29, 2024
watching flowers shed their seeds
summer ticking by… #haiku pic.twitter.com/Agbq6age6L
Rainbow of ribbons
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) February 4, 2024
Wearing it pink – and dark blue
Solidarity #SenryuSunday #WorldCancerDay
In this moment, now
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) August 13, 2023
Summer sun on my shoulders
Birdsong and blue sky#haiku #mindfulness pic.twitter.com/LLBgdPNwcp
Smoothed by time and tide…
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) July 18, 2023
glistening green gems shimmer
amongst scattered shells#seaglass #poetry #haiku pic.twitter.com/v97glh7Mdw
Flourish of colour
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) April 24, 2023
across the setting spring sky…
a painting of clouds #haiku #sunset pic.twitter.com/Z3PJAFZOut
Kissed by spring sunshine
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) March 13, 2023
Warmed, by a sea of yellow
A season of hope #haiku #spring pic.twitter.com/EA8z2fwzlW
Wee bringers of joy
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) February 6, 2023
Herald the back of winter
Onwards now, to spring #haiku #snowdrops #February pic.twitter.com/zLCdemHZag
Waiting for dawn light
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) January 17, 2023
Endless frozen winter’s night
Longing for the spring #haiku #solitude pic.twitter.com/cIEtfaQ5Q5
Beneath star-filled skies
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) January 6, 2023
The Land of the Long White Cloud
Mountain peaks, rising #haiku #Aotearoa pic.twitter.com/4yT6GB6Twq
Golden leaves curling
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) October 28, 2022
The beauty of letting go
Ending, to begin #haiku #leaves pic.twitter.com/oLmL3lfKhq
Time under the trees…
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) July 12, 2022
Safeness in their steadiness
A moment of peace #haiku #treelove pic.twitter.com/97q9EenWbI
Last rays of the sun
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) June 29, 2022
caught in a leafy embrace
Daylight slips away#haiku #oaktree pic.twitter.com/iIZn9rCg6e
Solace in the sky
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) June 20, 2022
An unwavering presence
Comfort in the clouds #haiku #clouds 🤍#MindfulMonday pic.twitter.com/XVMEDHddt4
Spring sea of yellow
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) May 7, 2022
the scent of a new season
brighter days ahead…#haiku #spring #WeekendWords pic.twitter.com/C4dVYAzGk7
I look up and catch
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) November 20, 2021
your quiet iridescence
lighting up the sky…#haiku #clouds #WeekendWords pic.twitter.com/GaU28ThUYP
Endless rain, falling
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) October 5, 2021
like tears for all that we’ve lost.
Until the clouds lift.#haiku #greydays pic.twitter.com/l3mnZC7koN
The peace of this place…
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) August 21, 2021
with the redwoods, who stand in
eternal stillness #haiku #sequoia pic.twitter.com/mRirTP9ZDz
Glistening sea shells
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) July 30, 2021
washed clean by the gentle waves –
my beachcombed treasure#haiku #shells pic.twitter.com/8sRoJypMiq
The birds dance in pairs,
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) March 20, 2021
I watch their evening courtship
with the setting sky.#haiku #poem #spring #WeekendWords pic.twitter.com/TfhRUgnBil
The restless water
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) February 27, 2021
of a gentle woodland stream
is a soothing sound.#haiku #poem #ASMR #weekendwords pic.twitter.com/AzqujxDIUu
Softly, silently,
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) January 16, 2021
frosty flakes form a blanket
of snowy stillness…https://t.co/QiAJaKCTt9#pandemicpoems #haiku #poetry #snow #writinghelps pic.twitter.com/ROO53eBMPZ
Through frostbitten leaves
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) December 21, 2020
under empty trees, I walk…
My feet crunch onwards.#WinterSolstice #haiku #winter2020 #pandemicpoems pic.twitter.com/62irg6tleR
Lone tree in the mist,
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) November 30, 2020
reaching out with leafless limbs
through autumn’s last gasp.#haiku #trees #treesoftwitter #autumn2020 pic.twitter.com/oHliRsuIoG
Rusty November…
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) November 5, 2020
I remember, remember
a long, lost summer.
🍁#haiku #pandemicpoems #autumn2020 pic.twitter.com/5eTvs4xFZj
🍂Leaves fall quietly,
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) October 18, 2020
raining colours and hues of
autumnal endings.#autumn #haiku #leaves #trees #poetry pic.twitter.com/cRvuxVNSGL