the ploughman
his thoughts mingle
with the gulls

Published (2018) Blithe Spirit (Journal of the British Haiku Society) Volume 28, Number 1, page 19.

LHA Ref:

Blithe Spirit 28.1, February 2018

Living Haiku Anthology

The Haiku Registry

what will it be

today the old frog thinks

water or air?

prostitute

pulling at hearts

tugs at shirtsleeves

Nanjing Road East

prostitute

I think about it

Shanghai watch seller

for whom

I have no time

early morning

Shanghai runner

smoker coughs

skyscraper

etiolated

by pollution

game of cat and mouse
soon becomes
game of cat

***

cat and mouse game
soon
only the cat

****

game of cat and mouse
soon
only the cat

cigarette ends

floating in piss

Oriental urinal

beatiful valley
the scent of lavender
childhood memory

naked rowan tree

with limp red berries

and brown leaves

sun-bleached summerhouse

cries out for paint

but which colour?

leaves fall

from wind stripped branches

security light flashes

thieving blackbird

rips rowans

from my tree

plop and fizz

ice cube melts into gin

summer evening

at half mast
after the music
Old Glory

blackbird

gorging on rowan berries

makes way for winter

damp Autumn morning

beechnuts crushed underfoot

running joyfully