Here is a Haiku sequence (known as a ‘Sakuhin’) by Paul.
It came first in the Time Haiku magazine Sukuhin Competition 2019.
EXODUS OF GNOMES
spring snow
apple blossom wafts
into the garden
pollarded birch
its canopy
still flourishing
bluebells line the path
up to the gate
waving their little flags
ants on the patio
exploring
the plaza
fearsome
flying insects
mate and die
under a tussock
a young toad
its yellow legs flexing
brown rat
disappears into the hedge
no nestlings this year
exodus
of gnomes
(moving to granddaughter’s)