Steven Stokes

Three Wales Air Ambulance helicopters. The yellow helicopter on the left was the first used in 2001. The middle aircraft was the next iteration of helicopter, known as a H135. The aircraft on the right is one of the current fleet, an advanced H145 model.

The Wales Air Ambulance Charity is 25 years old today.

A legecy that spans over 56,000 missions and is built on the shoulders of every person who has supported, volunteered, or worked for the service. Thank you to you all.

I’m immensely proud to be making a small contribution to its evolution.

Pinned Leek fresh calendar page on dydd gwyl dewi sant a pinned leek (C) Steven Stokes *Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant is Welsh for Saint David’s Day – which is marked on 1 March.

fresh calendar page
on dydd gwyl dewi sant
a pinned leek

*Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant is Welsh for Saint David’s Day – which is marked on 1 March.

#Haiku #Poem #Poetry #MicroPoem

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Slain veteran scars weigh heavy  revered but their warnings unheard the word of war by levy  murder by a different name  guided by egos of the guarded few their cue for the masses slain (C…

A heavy poem for a heavy day….

veteran scars weigh heavy
revered but their warnings unheard
the word of war by levy

murder by a different name
guided by egos of the guarded few
their cue for the masses slain

#Poem #Poetry

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ballet-obsessed ~
in befitting distance
to mother swan

#vss365 #obsessed
#Haiku #HaikuSaturday #micropoetry #micropoem

Daffodils Dazzle lost glasses daffodils dazzle kindling grass  (C) Steven Stokes

lost glasses
daffodils dazzle
kindling grass

#HaikuSaturday #haiku #Poem #Poetry

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Thank you ☺️

Misted Window misted window coarse water surges past swans in a field (C) Steven Stokes

misted window
coarse water surges past
swans in a field

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poem

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Misted Window misted window coarse water surges past swans in a field (C) Steven Stokes

misted window
coarse water surges past
swans in a field

#Haiku #Poem #Poetry #MicroPoem

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A towel with Snoop Dogg’s face on.

Swansea verses Preston, with Snoop Dogg in attendance.

Another one for the ‘random Swans stuff’ box, next to the 2021 play-off face mask 😂 - surreal.

Freedom we sit and watch worlds aflame   our action or lack of is defined by a mind disposed to blame  no more bound to this fiefdom  we break boundaries writ by another to smother our freed…

we sit and watch worlds aflame
our action or lack of is defined
by a mind disposed to blame

no more bound to this fiefdom
we break boundaries writ by another
to smother our freedom

#Poem #Poetry #MicroPoem #MicroPoetry

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Clarity over my idle fissures  still waves lap on the sands of awareness  the wind careless with whispers a moment of clarity  hard fought against the storm of attention  the intention …

over my idle fissures
still waves lap on the sands of awareness
the wind careless with whispers

a moment of clarity
hard fought against the storm of attention
the intention sanity

#Poem #Poetry #MicroPoem #MicroPoetry

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The Snick of Time the snick of time grows older  a sullen graze on the sinew now weak I seek warmth on bones colder    pits are donned with mulish pride  each a spoil of lessons hard and taught b…

the snick of time grows older
a sullen graze on the sinew now weak
I seek warmth on bones colder

pits are donned with mulish pride
each a spoil of lessons hard and taught
but still sought you by my side

#MicroPoem #Poem #Poetry

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#haiku #HaikuSaturday
Last call for submission @LR_Publisher . Submit 5 haiku for our anthology Haiku for Soulmates by February 26 at literaryreveations@pm.me Label your submission Haiku for Soulmates. Happy weekend ❤️

Winter’s End winter’s end a solitary robin replaces the news (C) Steven Stokes

winter’s end
a solitary robin
replaces the news

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poem #Micropoem

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Winter’s End winter’s end a solitary robin replaces the news (C) Steven Stokes

winter’s end
a solitary robin
replaces the news

#Haiku #Poem #MicroPoem

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Shrove Tuesday shrove tuesday  batter sticks to the pan or vice versa  (C) Steven Stokes

shrove tuesday
batter sticks to the pan
or vice versa

#Senryu #micropoem #Haiku #Poem

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#haiku
I am thrilled to share some exciting news: Literary Revelations Anthologies of Haiku and Tanka have officially been included in the prestigious Museum of Contemporary Japanese Poetry, Tanka, and Haiku, which boasts one of the world's most remarkable poetry collections‼️

‘Sunday A.M’ and staring at the relentless rain. 🌧️

For #smallpoemsunday, and host @tomsnarsky.bsky.social who has a new book out this year.

#sunday #sundaymorning #dogs #rain #poem #poetry #sundaymorning #poetry #poet #poetic #writing #writingcommunity

exclamation exclamation pilgrims gaze fire on water (c) Steven Stokes

Not quite using the word ‘pilgrimage’, but close enough 😊

exclamation
pilgrims gaze fire
on water

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poem #MicroPoem

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It certainly has an anti-valentine undertone 🙂. The visual of the hemlock and daisies was one I came across on a walk this morning. The symbolism was quite powerful for Valentine’s Day. The lace-like poison hemlock overlooking pure white (symbolical of something fresh and new) daisies now dead.

Valentine Sun valentine sun  poison hemlock shadows dead daises (C) Steven Stokes

valentine sun
poison hemlock shadows
dead daises

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poem #MicroPoem

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Freezing Fog freezing fog  a distant shadow evaporates  (C) Steven Stokes

freezing fog
a distant shadow
evaporates

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poem

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Freezing Fog freezing fog  a distant shadow evaporates  (C) Steven Stokes

freezing fog
a distant shadow
evaporates

#Haiku #Poem #Poetry

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Congratulations, Jim 🙂

Wild Garlic wild garlic the taste of lunch  drifting  (C) Steven Stokes

wild garlic
the taste of lunch
drifting

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poem

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Wild Garlic wild garlic the taste of lunch  drifting  (C) Steven Stokes

wild garlic
the taste of lunch
drifting

#haiku #poem #poetry #micropoem

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Another beautiful cover by Hikari.

Virgin Wool virgin wool a day old nose feels the sky (C) Steven Stokes

virgin wool
a day old nose
feels the sky

#Haiku #Poem #Poetry

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Thank you, Susan.