Bus Stop Haiku

The full moon captured
in a cage of stone and wood:
a white paper lamp.

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Wilting lavender
on the window sill, turning
into bursts of scent.

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Brick wall and bus stop:
in between, seven nations
squeezing together.

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Christina Egan © 2016

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An ancient art form capturing mundane moments from the big city: In Wood Green, London, a crowd from seven nations is squeezing onto the red buses. I looked out for beauty at the bus stop and found it.

The full moon glimpsed turns out to be a bedroom lamp. The luxurious lavender grows in a little tin pot. The third autumn haiku does not even have any image from nature: just a brick wall…