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and comes a good tide
duly sweeps the sands perfect
not a footprint left
Wednesday 15th March 2017 6:38 pm
a
s t r o l l
with
the moon
overlooking
every
fault
the scarred, pitted face
Monday 6th March 2017 2:37 pm
every limb shaking
I meet with apprehension
winter trees stripped bare
Saturday 18th February 2017 7:02 pm
no lake this evening
where ducks stand and contemplate
winter with iced moon
Saturday 28th January 2017 12:02 pm
only the squirells
coming down through the treetops:
they make the snow fall
Saturday 21st January 2017 2:38 pm
snow through a light pool
puts the lamp in pantomime,
night's cape is flourished
Thursday 12th January 2017 11:42 pm
clouds closer to home
fill the most devoted eyes
moonstruck all the same
Monday 14th November 2016 3:52 pm
watercolour lights
diffuse through cloudy fathoms
catch the least pebble
Sunday 30th October 2016 11:32 pm
Haiku Collection #12
from a balcony:
the worm, the bird, the cat
prepare for the day
~~~
a traveller's claim
clear as fresh rainwater
the stream has returned
~~~
where else shall he look-
deep red leaves torn from branches,
his kite above all
~~~
wandering raindrops
tasked to define a home
land with no trouble
~~~
no use explaining
other clouds blown far away;
take all the blue sky!
Saturday 15th October 2016 1:23 am
Haiku Collection #11
rushing past windows
dressed so very much alike
flute song peeps from one
~~~
opening the door
to october my old friend
leaning on the jamb
~~~
unconvinced by dusk
boys take to the dusty pitch,
uprights turning gold
~~~
because a leaf falls
who calls my name through the fog;
chained dogs left to bark
~~~
abandoned to chance-
deep bells for just the right beak
and eyes made to ...
Tuesday 11th October 2016 8:37 pm
Haiku Collection #10
ant on the chessboard
moves to the colouring book
with her own logic
~~~
one duck dives-
here we are all eyes strained
for the new position
~~~
just to sit and wait
with jackdaws on high branches-
storms may pass us by
~~~
summer almost passed
for a snail glued to concrete
...princely inner life
~~~
worm out in the rain,
which olympic discipline
do you most admire?
Monday 10th October 2016 7:31 pm
Haiku Collection #9
autumn my age
a bend in the river
unfolding my view
~~~
in the orange trees
leaving tomorrow alone
a nameless bird flits
~~~
who believes the sands
of yonder shore where thoughts rest
twinkle like the stars
~~~
further down the lane
shadows face twilight
deep in thought
~~~
it happened a leaf
fell as you answered a text,
it lies at your feet
Sunday 9th October 2016 12:04 pm
Haiku Collection #8
far from the highway -
caterpillar fit to burst
settles for a nap
~~~
light bright butterflies
bring nothing of the darkness
from the chysalis
~~~
Ah, this old hillside:
one day for seventeen steps
a butterfly led.
~~~
heading for the door,
the butterfly in my hands;
my improvised cage.
~~~
end of the street
two butterflies waltz closely
return to the clouds
~~~
Friday 30th September 2016 10:53 pm
Haiku Collection #7
to my amazement
a stone hung in the sky -
who could help but weep?
~~~
responding with smiles-
the voyaging moon becalmed
in this child's spy-glass
~~~
grace in high relief,
partial sunlight realised:
this phase speaks to me
~~~
grown old and faded,
children's drawings under dust-
the moon has a face.
~~~
swift through the branches,
slow across the milky way,
faithfully, the mo...
Sunday 25th September 2016 1:34 pm
Haiku Collection #6
farewell my old skin
tattooed to amuse myself
words no longer true
~~~
this joy so fragile
my moon so white and slender
a breeze could take it
~~~
you sense the old man
with one more sad tale to tell
let star-gazing win
~~~
what of the coconut-
atom wrestles ocean
for the fabled shore
~~~
the man in the moon
disregarding all evil
takes a giant leap
Thursday 22nd September 2016 12:09 am
Haiku Collection #5
I maintain
an invented world:
nymph and sage
cavort there
~~~
A rift in the earth
where pioneers from both sides
know no different
~~
rambling rose in bloom
perfuming each stepping stone...
opening the gate
~~~
an ocean by ear:
high excitement where the leaves
overlook the lanes
~~~
beetle in the water,
this reed to save your soul-
withered and broken
Tuesday 20th September 2016 5:22 pm
Haiku Collection #4
willows hanging lower
and lower over the path,
even dogs must bow
~~~
willow as witness
two broken fishing vessels
cast but one shadow
~~~
willow reflections
suffer the grey leaf adrift
and the tailing carp
~~~
the clearest of streams
cloistered with reed and willow
bright kingfisher eyes
~~~
Where has my love gone?
Where the willow grows for there
leaden sorrows flow
~~~
Tuesday 6th September 2016 7:09 pm
Haiku Collection #3
spat out by the sea
I too embrace the least wave
risen from the depths
~~~
what has happened here?
all around devestation,
I start by blinking
~~~
universal eye,
the river sought deeper shade-
my heart is unsoiled
~~~
pleading ignorance,
my bridge that one day will fall
invites you over
~~~
these faded portraits
climbing stone steps worn with...
Monday 5th September 2016 9:44 pm
Haiku Collection #2
~~~
lace-work leaves, or moons;
ropes and anchors hold them all
and never complain
~~~
over dark landscapes
countless stars have assembled:
a sleeper may wake
~~~
the rolling moon's sigh-
"your fields my shimmering sea,
could I choose to stay"
~~~
novel constellations;
bluebells intent on beauty
not so far from town
~~~
branches large and small-
cut up the blazi...
Monday 5th September 2016 12:18 am
haiku
clearer stars tonight,
but dreams are essential too:
by morning, a song.
Monday 1st August 2016 8:55 pm
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