16 July 2025

Evening Waltz

(Leaf 88) – Looking Back

 

Mike Quinn - Grand Union Canal near South Harefield (Geograph)


This poem recalls a view of my grandparents’ cottage beside the Grand Union Canal in a rural part of Middlesex. It was originally written in response to a #haikufeels ‘prompt’ (on Bluesky) to write a haiku using the word: ‘dwell.’

 

 

Dwelling by the canal

– gnats and midges,

dancing over silent water.