Thursday 29 November 2018

Tuesday 27 November 2018

realising
‘old whatsisname?’
is me

The beggar

the sleeping beggar
hears my two yuan notes
fall into her bowl
****

waking
my two yuan notes in her bowl
the sleeping beggar
****

my two yuan notes
in her bowl
wakens the sleeping beggar
****

waking the sleeping beggar
in her bowl
my two yuan notes
****

waking the sleeping beggar
my two yuan notes
in her bowl
****

my two yuan notes
fall into the begging bowl
and waken her
(Suggested by Su Wai Hlaing)

Friday 23 November 2018

Sunday 18 November 2018

Thursday 15 November 2018

the kite flier
at first
no connection
****

the kite flier
but...
which one?
****

the kite flier
only he knows
which one
from the window
of my Chinese hotel
McDonalds

Wednesday 14 November 2018

sparrowhawk
there one minute gone the next
the mouse
the wind farm
with its crop
of windmills
trainspotters
going nowhere
****

always on time
trainspotters
the crow's nest
surely
a sign of winter
****

the crow's nest
reminds me
winter is coming
****

the crow's nest
appearing
liminality
****

the crow’s nest
appears
like winter
****

the crow’s nest
appearing
like winter
the gravedigger's grave
not so indispensable
after all

Tuesday 13 November 2018

Saturday 10 November 2018

Friday 9 November 2018

Thursday 8 November 2018

Wednesday 7 November 2018

Thursday 1 November 2018

jogging past
the rough sleeper...
he snores
no change to spare
my heart empty
but pockets full
Found haiku:

Three ‘haiku moments’:

Unconscious transition from the balcony to the rock outside. (p16)

Suddenly the man crosses the orchard to the seawall. (p28)

...from the darkness of the cliff-edge above us a fir-cone falls. (p35)*

From Lawrence Durrell (1945) Prospero’s Cell Faber and Faber , London

Published (2021) The Poetry Pea Journal of haiku and senryu Winter page 6
power walkers
that attitude

Published (2018) Failed Haiku Volume 3, Issue 36, page 18

Living Haiku Anthology

magnolia blossom against a grey sky mixed feelings