Rainbow of ribbons
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) February 4, 2024
Wearing it pink – and dark blue
Solidarity #SenryuSunday #WorldCancerDay
Will you breathe with me?
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) December 24, 2023
Imagine what we could do
if we were all, still…#senryu #meditation #peace pic.twitter.com/mWxYTKaMGI
untethered, I drift
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) November 18, 2023
seeking equilibrium
buffeted by life #senryu #weekendwords
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
Proud to be a small part of this special anthology. The tenderness on each page is palpable. Thank you @missyerem, @MoSchoenfeld and all the other contributors, for creating something so full of love💙 #dementia #poetry pic.twitter.com/pMvClAn3Dv
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) February 28, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
From the cold darkness
— Helen J. Aitken (@hjd_aitken) January 30, 2021
slender green shoots seek out light
and the hope of spring…#haiku #lockdown #poetry #snowdrops #winter pic.twitter.com/wD8rJdwxpv
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