Haiku Clouds

Here is my latest collection of haiku along with the photos that inspired the words. I hope you will enjoy. 

After the fire
Shades of contemplative blue
Are all that remain.

I climbed over rocks
Lost in distant worlds of thought
Where the river bends.

Clouds and memories
Reflections in pale water
A moment captured.

Nestled in the bay
Waiting for the tide to turn
Sleepy twilight boats.

Whenever I see
Sunbeams dancing towards me
I know you are near.

I will always wait
For as long as it takes to
Watch the setting sun.

Tell me your story
When the sun sets on the beach
And I will listen.

Waiting on the beach
For the next thundering wave
To crash in my head.

Nestled in the grass
A web of tiny mirrors
Remnants of the downpour.

Ethereal clouds
Float into my subconscious
Pure cotton-soft dreams.

Searching for solace
And lasting silver moments
Down by the river.

From the riverbank
The sound of distant birdsong
Echoes in the breeze.

Whispers in the breeze
As the daylight slowly fades
Into soft blue mist.

Slumbering marshland
You look even more peaceful
When the sun goes down.

© Jill Webb June 2022

Music and Verse

Several months ago one of my Twitter followers started sharing a selection of songs in response to certain poems I had posted. Some of the songs he suggested I had never heard before, some I was more familiar with. 

I felt incredibly flattered that someone had taken the time to do this. It added a whole new dimension for me to listen to the music and see how somebody else had interpreted my words.

About a month ago it became clear that between us we had gathered together enough material for me to put together a dedicated blog post. I hope you too will enjoy the music, poetry and accompanying images.

Confetti shower

A tapestry of petals

Delicate snow queens.

Snow Queen by The City

Sky and sea merging

A vision in crystal blue

As seen through my dreams.

Blue Skies by Jamiroquai

Immersed in

Shades of midnight

She closed 

Her tired eyes.

She imagined

Him holding

Her hand in his

As they danced

Through mists of time.

A shower of 

Gysosphila

His voice,

A distant echo.

If I had

Met you 

When we were young

You would have

Been mine for ever.

Elusive Butterfly by Bob Lind

Chameleon skies

Take me to faraway lands

Beyond the sunset.

So Far Away by Carole King

Drenched in golden light

A ship sails in the distance

Beyond shades of blue.

Blue in Green by Miles Davis feat. John Coltrane & Bill Evans

As soft as cotton

The pastel sky

Descends into

Evening gold.

Sunbeams glimmer

In veils of dusk

Each day

New stories unfold.

Reflected in 

The gentle waves

As they rush

To the shore

Endlessly.

Even after

Darkness falls

I still see you

In my dreams.

I'll See You In My Dreams by Joe Brown

As the tide

Rolls on to 

A dusky shore

Past lullabies

Echo in the breeze.

Let me take you

In my waiting arms

And cradle you

To sleep.

Happiness is Me and You by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Chasing memories

Of autumn gold, in perfect

Synchronicity.

Cornflower (Marelle) by Craig Armstrong

© Jill Webb February 2022