Autumn Pampas

Loose Leaves – Looking Back

 

 

This poem and photograph (haiga) are from a trip to see the pampas grass at Sayama Koen, Tamako, to the West of Tokyo earlier this month.

 

 

Autumn

wandering amid

the pampas.

 

 

 

Photograph by Tim Chamberlain, 2026.

Olive Gold

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Vincent Van Gogh - Olive Trees (1889)

Thinking of Mediterranean climes …

 

 

Each olive

oiling the path

of the sun.

 

 

 

This poem was originally posted on Bluesky.

Peace

Loose Leaves – Remembrance

 

 

Finding peace –

amid the mudflats

Mulberry Harbour.

 

 

This poem was originally posted on Bluesky

Photo Credit: Dan Crooks

All Things

Loose Leaves – Reflections

Charles Darwin's Finches (Britannica)

 

 

To each their own

modification in all things

– Darwin’s finches.

 

 

 

This poem was originally written and posted in response to a #vssdaily writing prompt on Bluesky.

The Rebel

Loose Leaves – Looking Back

 

Albert Camus writes in L’Homme révolté (1951) that: “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”

 

 

Plus ça change,

plus c’est la même chose -

Je m’oppose aux deux.

 

(The more things change,

the more they remain the same -

I object to both.)

This poem was originally written and posted on Bluesky in response to a #haikufeels writing prompt: 'change.'

Photograph by Tim Chamberlain

Our Slow Meander

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Hiroshi Yoshida - A Garden by Lake Biwa (1933)

That feeling when some moments seem like they could last forever …

 

 

Making the most of

our slow meander –

the silence in-between.

 

 

 

This poem was originally posted on Bluesky.

Winter Wind

Loose Leaves – Looking Back

 

 

This photograph was taken, and poem written on the day before the first snow fell on Mount Fuji this year: 28 October 2026.

 

 

Black triangles

beneath sky blue –

cut-glass wind.

 

 

 

Photograph by Tim Chamberlain, 2026.