16th June 2013


We were so worried.

Your Aunt and Uncle love you!

Niece better again!

By C F Garner


Macca plays Brazil

with 24 Beatle songs

Oba! Amazing!

By C F Garner


26th April 2013


I wasn’t looking

but somehow he found me and

now we’re married

By Ana Clara Oliveira Santos


I wasn’t looking

but somehow she found me and

now we’re married

By C F Garner


The Grotta’s gather

Garner & Oliveira

Are joined together

By C F Garner



5th March 2013


Mountain proposal

Read what I wrote on my shirt:

“Will you marry me?”

By C F Garner



28th Dec 2012


Just in time for tea

The Toucans arrive, close by

The Hummingbird Tree

By C F Garner


I’m swimming in the rain

What a glorious feeling

I’m happy again

By C F Garner



21st Nov 2012


Family & friends

are here in my heart; & if

I’m lucky, on Skype!

By C F Garner


Brasil welcomes me.

Shade & love, within the arms

of an Olive Tree

By C F Garner




5th August 2012

By The Pagoda

& Milton Keynes Stone Circle.

New Chapters Begin

By C.F. Garner

 

 

15th July 2012

In Order To Fly

I’m Casting Off Possessions.

Horizons Await

By C F Garner



1st July 2012


British Summer Time

In A Green and Pleasant Land.

God Waters The Lawns

By C F Garner



24th June 2012


Like Proust’s Madeleine

Tasting Mate de Coca

...I’m Back in Peru!

By C F Garner


He Spent His Time Well.

Finally Face-to-face With

Harrison’s H4

By C F Garner



17th June 2012


In Monet’s Garden

Surrounded by white flowers

A Brasilian blooms

By Ana Clara Oliveira Santos & Chris Garner


Fourteen Stories High

Alone, One Last Look from a

Privileged View Point

By C F Garner



10th June 2012


A Pilgrim's Promise

To a Sacred Waterfall

Joyfully Fulfilled

By C F Garner



27th May 2012


I’m Drunk on Soy Sauce

Little Coloured Plates Pile Up

Yo Sushi Addict

By C F Garner



20th May 2012


Sub aqua photos

In the pool-like Cuban sea

So much fun with you

By Ana Clara Oliveira Santos & Chris Garner


Hypnotic Rhythms

Of Susumu Yokota

Soundtracks The Haiku

By C F Garner



13th May 2012


Wine Gum Incidents

We Were Intoxicated

La Dolce Vita

By C F Garner



2nd May 2012


On My Arrival

Eleanor’s Lovely Drawing

Welcome’s Me Back Home

By C F Garner



29th April 2012


Risen From Ashes

The Cutty Sark Is Reborn

I Toast Her With Tea

By C F Garner



22nd April 2012


Yes, my dream came true!

In the Caribbean sea

I swam with dolphins!

By Ana Clara Oliveira Santos & Chris Garner



18th March 2012


Haiku Holiday

Madrid & Cuba Await

See You In Three Weeks

By C F Garner



11th March 2012


I’m Racing The Waves

A Cool Spring Breeze Rushes Past

Cycling By The Thames

By C F Garner



4th March 2012


These Pools are Doorways

From Your World to All Worlds. All

Crystal Balls; Seers

By C F Garner



26th February 2012


Salt Air On Thames Tide

Memories Of Distant Shores

& English Seasides

By C F Garner



19th February 2012


Cross Words Will Puzzle

One Down to Experience

Two Across Purposes

By C F Garner



12th February 2012


My Horizon in

The Arms of an Olive Tree

Sunshine on Blossom

By C F Garner



12th February 2012


My Horizon in

The Arms of an Olive Tree.

Sunshine on Blossom

By C F Garner



5th February 2012


Fear of Letting Go

Last Leaf on a Winter Tree

Shivers off the Snow

By C F Garner



29th January 2012


Beautiful Brown Eyes

Wrapped In A Warm Blue Blanket

Welsh Winter Wind Shield

By C F Garner



22nd January 2012


Don’t Worry David

Getting A Haiku To Scan

Is Not Always Eas...

By C F Garner


A Plan, A Schedule

It’s Time To Get Organised

With Help From Clara

By C F Garner



15th January 2012


From A Single Step

A Thousand Mile Journey

Lao Tzu’s Wise Words

By C F Garner


8th January 2012


As Big Ben Strikes Twelve

Thames Reflects The Fireworks

& Our Joyful Smiles

By Ana Clara Oliveira Santos & C F Garner




18th December 2011


Hokusai’s Great Wave

From Borrowed Prussian Blue Ink

Fuji Masterpiece

By C F Garner



11th December 2011


Wang’s Wonderful Gift

A Decades Quest To Return

Lost Childhood Photos

By C F Garner



4th December 2011


Bletchley Colossus

Twenty Million Lives Saved

Tutte / Flowers Tribute

By C F Garner



27th November 2011


“Table for One Please”

For Some, It’s a Phrase to Dread.

Enjoy The Silence

By C F Garner



20th November 2011


A Glass Opera

Sanskrit Sung Meditations

On Satyagraha

By C F Garner


Counting Moon Phases

Till Heavenly Bodies Meet

An Eclipse Awaits

By Ana Clara Oliveira Santos & C F Garner



13th November 2011


Songs That Saved My Life

So Frankly Mr Shankly

Knows The Smiths Forged Me

By C F Garner


7th November 2011


Two Minutes Silence

At Quadruple Eleven

An Autumn Leaf Falls

By C F Garner



30th October 2011


Psychopathic State

No Empathy, No Freedom

Chinese Compassion?

By C F Garner



23rd October 2011

 

The Veil Has Lifted
It’s Like The Light’s Been Turned Up
Please God May It Last

By C F Garner

 

16th October 2011


No Fence Keeps Us Out!

Our Secret Magical Trip

Amongst Ancient Stones

By C F Garner




9th October 2011


"What Carved This Valley?”

I Thought, As We Hiked Those Hills

"How Gentle That Stream”

By C F Garner



2nd October 2011


Curse of the Sodcast

Awful Loud Tunes From Mobiles

Destroy The Silence

By C F Garner



25th September 2011


Earth Spins. Season’s Change

Autumn Leaf Fall. Blossom Spring

Thank You For This Day

By C F Garner




18th September 2011


On The Log Flume Ride

Her Smiling Face Showed No Fear

I’m One Proud Uncle

By C F Garner



11th September 2011


A Polished Mirror

Will Reflect Reality

My Mind So Dusty

By C F Garner



4th September 2011


The Difference Between

Knowing & Walking The Path

Is One Step Away

By C F Garner



28th August 2011


Deeply Sleep; or Love

Honour Horizontal Hours

Where Dreams are Conceived

By C F Garner



21st August 2011


Moonlight Reflecting

Upon Pond Water Ripples.

The Surface Tension

By C F Garner



14th August 2011


Charles Darwin’s Notebooks

Voyages of the Globe and Mind

I Stand Where He Stood

By C F Garner



7th August 2011


A Borboleta

Synchronicities & Signs

The Path Opens Up

By C F Garner



31st July 2011


Chateau to Chateau

Sacred Stones, Mont St Michel

Clarinha's Dream Tour

By C F Garner & Ana Clara Oliveira Santos




17th July 2011


Forty Years of Phi

The Machu Picchu Cave Sprites

Yadhtrib Yppah Gnis

By C F Garner



10th July 2011


The Swallows Return

To Herald The Summer Sky

Isis & The Thames

By C F Garner


3rd July 2011


A Film About Goats;

Silence; Nature; Light; Life; Death

Le Quattro Volte

By C F Garner


26th June 2011


25 Years Since

The Album That Changed My Life.

The Queen Is Dead. Lives

By C F Garner



19th June 2011


Everybody Knows

That Diamonds Are Forever

Shine On, John Barry

By C F Garner



12th June 2011


Rain Flooding My Mind

Brimming Monsoon Memories

Summer Thunder Storms

By C F Garner



5th June 2011

Racing My Shadow

Flying Beneath Outstretched Arms

Fingers For Feathers

By C F Garner



22nd May 2011


The Horologist

Like Sand Slipping Through Fingers

Grasps At Time’s Mystery

By C F Garner



15th May 2011


I Light Up. Breathe Deep.

Inhaling The Sweet Smoke Air.

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                             ed

                ict

Add


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By C F Garner




8th May 2011


Their Bronze Heads Unbowed

A Circle Of Animals

Wait For Ai Weiwei

By C F Garner



1st May 2011


Amidst Monsoon Rains

In The Himalayan Hills

I Found My Refuge

By C F Garner



24th April 2011


Stand Before The Storm

Be A Man For All Seasons

Summon The Courage

By C F Garner



17th April 2011


Wedding Of The Year

Congratulations Amy

A Beautiful Bride

By C F Garner



10th April 2011


The Pilgrim’s Progress

Is Not Measured In Distance

Awake & Aware

By C F Garner



3rd April 2011


The Dome Of St Paul’s

Reflecting London’s Night Lights

We Beam Up Our Smiles

By C F Garner



27th March 2011


From Dry Winter Wood

Blossom Trees Explode Colour.

They’re Just Showing Off!

By C F Garner



20th March 2011


Inspiration From

A Beautiful Horizon

Thank You For My Gift

By C F Garner


13th March 2011


Breakdown Or Break Through

A Long Dark Night Of The Soul

Courage Will Spark Light

By C F Garner



6th March 2011


Sunrise Descending

From The Peaks, To The Tree Tops

Melting Frost Glazed Roofs

By C F Garner



27th February 2011


Etymology

The Meaning Of My Words Were

Lost Within Her Gaze

By C F Garner



20th February 2011


Andalucia

Miami; Paris; England

Precious Friendship Forged

By C F Garner



13th February 2011


In My Reflection

I Saw The Face Of My Fear

& Saw Through The Both

By C F Garner



6th February 2011


Melting Snowman Tears

Wait For Spring Within The Earth

& Bloom As Snow Drops

By C F Garner


30th January 2011


Emotions Expressed

In Seventeen Syllables.

In Heartfelt Haiku

By C F Garner



23rd January 2011


I Open My Eyes

See Clearly The Climbing Path

I Breathe, And I Step

By C F Garner



16th January 2011


Shaved Head, Resembles

Some Kind Of A Warrior Monk

Now To Act Like One

By C F Garner



9th January 2011


Calm Interiors

All Hallows (By The Tower)

Seek Hidden Treasures

By C F Garner



2nd January 2011


You’ve Been Inspired

Happy New Year Haiku Friends

New Poems Await

By C F Garner



26th December 2010


A New Year’s Resolve.

Time To See The Midnight Chimes

As A Starting Gun

By C F Garner



19th December 2010


For Twenty Years, He

Looked For Her In Other’s Eyes.

Love’s High Water Mark

By C F Garner


12th December 2010


My Greenwich Dream Time

Not Time I Lack, But Focus

Make The Most Of Now!

By C F Garner



5th December 2010


The Water Is Clear

Yet Thoughts Cloud My Vision Like

Jacuzzi Bubbles

By C F Garner



28th November 2010


The White Spring Temple

Candles Light Up The Darkness

My Path Enlightened

By C F Garner


21st November 2010


To Dennis, My Friend

All Those Joyful Walks We Shared

Are Here In My Heart

By C F Garner



14th November 2010


Happy \ Sad; Good \ Bad;

Like Bird Footprints In The Sky

Why Trail Emptiness?

By C F Garner



7th November 2010


A Temple To Tea

In Shades of White, Green, Yellow,

Black, Oolong, Pu-Erh

By C F Garner



31st October 2010


Just Philosophy?

See Buddhism As A Verb

That’s Why We ‘Practice’

By C F Garner



24th October 2010


The River Whispers

“Time Flows In The Present Tense”

While Greenwich Reflects

By C F Garner


17th October 2010


Into Shadow To

Slay The Beast That Steals My Time.

Sword Unsheathed, I Charge!

By C F Garner



10th October 2010


“Have We Conquered An

Enemy? None But Ourselves.”

For George Mallory

By C F Garner



3rd October 2010


Mist Covered Summits

Of Canary Wharf Towers

A Cities Mountains

By C F Garner



25th September 2010


Wind Through The Beech Trees

Her Branches Both Wave Good Bye

& Beckon Me Back

By C F Garner



5th September 2010


“Boldness has Genius,

Power, Magic. Begin Now.”

Goethe Inspires

By C F Garner



29th August 2010


Le Pure Cafe, Our

Enlightened Conversation

Bright Shining Futures

By C F Garner



22nd August 2010


To Uproot \ Up Sticks

A Moving Experience?

So Much Baggage

By C F Garner



8th August 2010


Wonderful Nova

Joyful Walks On Wiltshire’s Hills

Treasured Memories

By C F Garner



8th August 2010


Beyond The Bubble

Reality In Widescreen

Joy! Now Stay Awake!

By Chris Garner



1st August 2010


As Miss Newsom Sings

“Fate As Malleable As Clay”

So Shape Your Future

By C F Garner



25th July 2010


“Chris!” The Swallows Sing

Beckoning On Graceful Wings

“Chris!” “Chris!” “Learn To Fly!”

By C F Garner



18th July 2010


I Do Not Exist!

No Self To Defend Or Praise

The Mirror Wiped Clean

By C F Garner



11th July 2010


May My Path Lead Me

From Beech Trees To Bodhi Tree

Awake To Each Step

By C F Garner



4th July 2010


I Feel Possessed, By

So Many Things, So Much Stuff.

Unburden & Breathe

By C F Garner



27th June 2010


‘The Road Not Taken’

Her Words Echo Robert Frost

Time To Choose A Path

By C F Garner



20th June 2010


What’s A Haiku For?

It’s The Joy Of The Journey

It’s Learning To See

By C F Garner



13th June 2010


The Sun’s Goodnight Kiss

Brilliantly Golden, On

Summer Swallows Wings

By C F Garner


6th June 2010


My Footsteps In Sand

Impermanence In Motion

Watch The Waves Erase

By C F Garner



23rd May 2010


Under Bright Blue Sky

Ancient Island Like Tombs In

Yellow Oil Seed Seas

By C F Garner



16th May 2010


Sunlight Beams Shine Through

Canopy Leaf Cathedrals

Across Bluebell Seas

By C F Garner



9th May 2010


Is It Only In

The Silence of Solitude,

I’m Truly Myself?!

By C F Garner



2nd May 2010


Strawberry Flowers

Have Sprung Up White & Yellow

Promise Sweet Futures

By C F Garner


28th April 2010


Flower, Bed, Spring, Stream

Melted Chocolate Watches

Easter Egg Timers

By C F Garner



18th April 2010


The Bees and The Breeze

Kiss The Blossom From The Trees

Confetti The Stream

By C F Garner



11th April 2010


A World Without Birds

Would Be Silent & Lifeless!

Thank Our Feathered Friends

By C F Garner



4th April 2010


Sim, estou lendo

O alquimista em dois

Livros e linguas

By C F Garner



28th March 2010


French Chefs Know Nothing

Of English Guacamole

Mushy Peas Delight

By C F Garner



21st March 2010


The Hidden Fortress

Akira Kurosawa

Birthplace of Star Wars

By C F Garner



14th March 2010


Thanks My Haiku Friends

Your Words & Thoughts Are Treasured

Spring Sun Shine Smiling

By C F Garner



7th March 2010


Everything Is Spring

A Bright Light Like Summer’s Sun

All Pride In The Name

By C F Garner



14th February 2010


A Sunset Spotlight

Shines Through The Leaf Free Branches

Warming Winter Trees

By C F Garner



7th February 2010


A Promise Of Spring

Through Frozen Ground & White Frost

The Snowdrops Flower

By C F Garner



1st February 2010


Flu and Fever Full

My Body A Battleground;

Return To Cocoon

By C F Garner



24th January 2010


Let Go Off The Script

Hear The Language Of The Heart

She Speaks Without Words

By C F Garner



17th January 2010


Trust In The Journey,

Whether The Cave, Or The Road

The Truth’s Within You

By C F Garner



10th January 2010


New Year! A New Hope!

Walk And The Path Will Appear

Write & The Words Come

By C F Garner



21st December 2009


Crystal Cathedrals

The Frost Coated Christmas Trees

The Present Unwrapped

By C F Garner



13th December 2009


December 13th

1990. A Thursday.

"I Still Hear Her Sing"

By C F Garner



6th December 2009

Wings Flutter The Glass

A Butterfly Alarm Clock!

Awakened And Free

By C F Garner



30th November 2009


Our Sun, Long Since Set

The Night We Called It A Day

Clouds Covered The Stars

By C F Garner



23rd November 2009

Me & My Zafu

A Monastery Mansion

Zen Dog Hugs Shadow

By C F Garner (Zen Dog)



8th November 2009


Unconditional

Love & Live Life Joyfully

Zen Dog’s ‘Bow Wow Tao’

By C F Garner (Zen Dog)



1st November 2009


Crastinus - (Latin)

‘Belonging To Tomorrow’

“I’m Pro Crastinus”

By C F Garner



25th October 2009


Autumnal Sunset

Leaf Colours Mirror The Sky

Yellow, Orange, Red

By C F Garner



18th October 2009

Wabi Sabi Style

Beauty in Imperfection

And Impermanence

By C F Garner



11th October 2009


“All The Leaves Are Brown...

I’m, Carioca Dreaming

On A Winter’s Day”

By C F Garner



4th October 2009


Shatter The Hourglass

Fight The Arch Demon of Time

Draw The Line, & Shine!

By C F Garner

(Thanks to Mr Phi Yaan-zek for inspiration)



21st September 2009


Happy Rebirth Day

A Slate Wiped Clean, A Blank Page.

When To Start? Write Now!

By C F Garner


14th September 2009


A Shrine To The Smiths

My Bedroom Was A Temple

Monk Like Devotion

By C F Garner


31st August 2009


Flickers Of Old Flames

Still Aglow Amongst Ashes

Warmth For Our Old Age

By C F Garner


24th August 2009


Corcovado Dreams

Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars

Saudades Brasil

By C F Garner



17th August 2009


My Thoughts Are Like Clouds

Some Dark, Some Light & Fluffy

Both Cover Clear Sky

By C F Garner



9th August 2009


Now The Path Is Clear

Addictions And Distractions

To Be Shed Like Skin

By C F Garner



2nd August 2009


Look After The Days

Years Will Look After Themselves

Try Counting Your Breaths

By C F Garner



26th July 2009


(There Was A Young Man

In A Fix: His Haiku And

Limerick Don’t Mix

By Mark Garner)


“Hmmm,” Said His Brother,

Have You Another?; Or Add

Haiku’s Till It’s Fixed

By C F Garner

(In honour and in reply to Mark's Haiku above)



19th July 2009


Let Go Of Your Heart

Let Go Of Your Head, And Feel!

Two Goddesses Sing

By C F Garner


12th July 2009


The Reckless Dreamers

The Commuters Life Sentence

Life Flew Past Through Glass

By C F Garner



5th July 2009


The Force Of The Fall

Like White Water Cascading

We Fall; Then Move On

By C F Garner



28th June 2009


Within The White Noise

Of A White Water River

I Find The Silence

By C F Garner



14th June 2009


Mark Slept As A King

Whilst I Selflessly Sofa’d

Watched London’s Night Sky

By C F Garner


7th June 2009


Although An Absence

Carrying Loss Weighs Heavy

But Can Make Hearts Strong

By C F Garner


31st May 2009


Within The Silence

of a Sun Dappled Forest

The Tracks Of My Deer’s

By C F Garner


24th May 2009


How Lovely! Even

in the Red Bull Vodka Years!

Wonderful Ames World!

By C F Garner



16th May 2009


Motioning to Kiss

I Missed Her; By An Ocean

And Ten Years...Longing

By C F Garner


10th May 2009


A Yellow Canvas

The Cloud Shadows Rippling

Across Oil Seed Seas

By C F Garner


3rd May 2009


Where Once Lay The Snow

White Against The Bright Blue Sky

Blossom Cloud & Rain

By C F Garner



26th April 2009


The Dogs Delighted

To Dance Through Dandelions

& Roll In Cow Dung

By C F Garner



19th April 2009


Each Life Is A Dream

That’s Guided By The Senses

I’m Glad You’re In Mine

By C F Garner


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