Sunday 29 April 2018

Sunday morning run
fresh scented flowers
on the graves

April running
the cherry blossom
runs ahead of me

Saturday 28 April 2018

between raindrops
gathering his thoughts
a bumble bee

Published: The Mainichi 27 July 2018

Comment by Dhugal Lindsay in Haiku in English: Best of 2018:

A zoomed-in look at the microworld.

Living Haiku Anthology

Included in the Annual Selection 2018: Haiku that combine multiple senses


April showers

sprouting

rows of umbrellas

cherry blossom
seeing it
through runny eyes

with work to do
I prefer the view
cherry blossom

April storm
too early
for cherry blossom

the hearse
drives past
cherry blossom

first a cloud
then a blanket
cherry blossom

the cloud
becomes a carpet
cherry blossom

the cherry blossom
I am reminded
by Instagram

Tuesday 24 April 2018

Monday 23 April 2018

Sunday 15 April 2018

church spider
behind the radiator
preying?

Published (2018) British Haiku Society Anthology 2018 p.21

LHA Ref:
British Haiku Society Anthology 2018

Living Haiku Anthology


Monday 9 April 2018

Saturday 7 April 2018

varnish fumes and wet feet
sheltering beneath
the paper umbrella
rags
turning to riches
in the charity bag


Reworked:

in the charity bag
rags
turning to riches

Thursday 5 April 2018

family gathering
all eyes
on i-Pads

Published: Presence Number 61, page 76.

LHA Ref:

Presence 61, May 2018

Living Haiku Anthology

The Haiku Registry

Wednesday 4 April 2018

eventually
onanistic pleasure stops
but his wife dies

(ekphrastic on Orhan Pamuk’s A strangeness in my mind)

Sunday 1 April 2018

the artist

still with us

your son

for Eddie Orme, died Easter Saturday 2019

gin + tonic
is it time yet?
retirement
boxing clever
giving and receiving
punches

(ekphrastic on Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder 31 March 2018)
spring bloom
hay fever
the final straw

magnolia blossom against a grey sky mixed feelings