The door won’t open?
Then switch the fittings around
It sounds so simple…
We got there in the end!
(30.07.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Haiku
Poem 951 – Written In Haste
A very long day
With much too much happening
Thank God for haikus
Says it all!
(24.07.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by Alexandar Todov on Unsplash
Poem 950 – Lost
Far away from home
Odysseus lies dreaming
Trapped in past failings
Went to see Christopher Nolan’s Odysseus tonight.
(23.07.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by MIGUEL BAIXAULI on Unsplash
Poem 948 – Scene from the A1M
Scene from the window:
England’s pale and yellow land
Dusty, burnt and parched
The view driving from Nottingham today was a clear contrast to previous weeks with the fields turned yellow and dry.
(21.07.26 revised 22.07.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by Valentin Lacoste on Unsplash
Poem 946 – Skyline
Observing the world
From our post above the Thames
Pointing out the sights
A quick rising in the London Eye before Love’s Labours Lost at The Globe
(19.07.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Poem 940 – World Cup Dimensions
Narrowness of chance
And weight of expectation
Is it coming home?
A quick World Cup haiku after a busy few days.
(13.07.26)
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Photo by Fauzan Saari on Unsplash
Poem 926 – Tempus Fugit
Poem 921 – Heatwave Haiku
These words have melted
All the stanzas are dripping
Poetic puddles
My brain has stopped working and the footie’s on the tele. Time for a haiku!
(23.06.26)
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Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash
Poem 894 – Intentions
A pantoum today?
That was my true intention
But now? Too late. Haiku?
I don’t know where the days gone? Tomorrow!
(27.05.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by Jeison Higuita on Unsplash
Poem 882 – Running in Circles
Collecting high fives
As we run around the field –
Smiles until the end
An annual joy is joining Broxbourne Primary School pupils for their annual Todd Walcott memorial run. Yet again they all did the school proud – even the parents!
(15.05.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by Kirsten Hackett on Unsplash
Ode for the Day 