Back when I lived in England as a teacher before I was married, I wrote a set of haiku. If you are not familiar with this type of Japanese poetry, it is only three lines, with five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku are usually about nature, and sensory details are used to bring out a moment frozen in time. Here are the haiku I wrote about England:
Half-timbered houses
Thatched cottages with roses
Crawling up old walls
Lazy afternoons
Sip cream tea and savor scones
At an old tea shoppe
Cathedral bells chime
Beckoning men and women
To draw near to God
Castles by the sea
Breathtaking in their beauty
Capture sighing hearts
Here you are with me
Among the valley’s flowers
And I feel at home
