2016, a Haiku a day: January

Friday 1st January

Lost girl at the fort

Olivia, found hiding

A happy ending

Saturday 2nd January

Port driven scrabble

Followed day at the seaside

Garage served cold beans

Sunday January 3rd

The post Christmas world

Face like a battered bauble

Pervaded our house

Monday January 4th

First day of new job

Tiny commute, no lanyard

Longford Park cycling

Tuesday January 5th

Miming penis gourd

Seth made me and Emma laugh

Indonesia

Wednesday January 6th

Ian’s bald dog joke

Was not really to Seth’s taste

Budgie T-shirt day

Thursday January 7th

New rope was too thin

Excitement/disappointment

Not a 6a day

Friday 8th January

Blue button missing

I noticed crossing the road

Flashback to carpark

Saturday January 9th

Button collection

Peter and Sheila’s for tea

Walk in the gloaming

Sunday January 10th

Indian doctor

needing to pass her IELTS

Baby won’t breastfeed

Monday January 11th

First frosty morning

Feminist word-house lit up

Cut out of perspex

Tuesday January 12th

Very long table

Cold water tinged with lemon

Pencil through picture

Wednesday January 13th

Cold dark afternoon

Splint drying on windowsill

Practised synonyms

Thursday January 14th

Early evening climb

Semi conquered 6a+

Last reach was too far

Friday January 15th

Birthday boy pissed off

Speeding ticket in the post

Greetings via Facebook

Saturday 16th January

Syrian baby

Sucked his bottle with vigour

Smiley and gorgeous

Sunday 17th January

Birthday eve pizza

Industrial and chilly

Salty anchovies

Monday 18th January

Lobster was eaten

Only the body remained

Is it edible?

 

Ewan is 19

Pity about blue Monday

Just drink your cava

 

Bit of tree surgeon

Lopping dead wood from treetops

Gave us his number

Tuesday 19th January

Scooter slowing down

Stopped altogether, pushed it

Water in sealed box

Wednesday 20th January

Gallery phone call

Exciting news-got the job!

All going to plan

Thursday 21st January

Another car park

More multi-storey madness

Dashboard of glasses

Friday 22nd January

Hugh’s indoor fireworks

Burnt a hole in my table

Thirty tomorrow

Saturday 23rd January

Tatties, haggis, neeps

Multi-coloured umbrella

Neil hates chocolate wine

Sunday 24th January

New silver birch paths

Disorientated Bob

Holly and barbed wire

Monday 25th January

Cosy powercut

Cold chips, trivial pursuit

Alarms going off

Tuesday 26th January

Beautiful pink clouds

Just drifting past Seth’s window

Before 8 o’clock

Wednesday 27th January

Woman in TESCO

Wanted to know the day’s date

Looking at sell-bys

Thursday 28th January

Coffee with Aisha

Lottie played with baby Jude

Dimples from granny

Friday 29th January

Nottingham Bel’s mum

Pepper rocks, lots of candles

Big bag of clothes bought

Saturday 30th January

Syrians drawing

Lulu and friends partying

Hair wet from swimming

Sunday 31st January

Dank, dark, rainy day

Indoor climbing, soggy logs

Hair cut at Fellaz