Monday 20 May 2019

offering me her seat
the young woman
pats me on the shoulder

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 43, page 11

Sunday 19 May 2019

kids in pyjamas
uncles with cameras
red..sleek..and..narrow..nosed
the Azuma* arrives

*I was in the first Azuma train to arrive at Hull Paragon station
Ramadan
the smell of ketones
on her breath

Saturday 18 May 2019

Vesak day*
water flowing
at the Banyan tree
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Vesak day
caged captives
take to the trees

*- Veask day is Buddha's birthday when water is poured under banyan trees (the tree under which Buddha meditated) and birds, animals and fish are set free.

Wednesday 15 May 2019

Wednesday 8 May 2019

visa office queue
going nowhere

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 42, page 32
abandoned factory
the clock...
...stopped

lowering my umbrella

lowering my umbrella
I avoid
the beggar’s gaze

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 42 p. 32

Tuesday 7 May 2019

Monday 6 May 2019

aroused from sleep
I bid farewell
to my ancestors
writing my will
I hesitate
over the signature

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 42, page 32

funeral plans
so many
final choices

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 42, page 32

magnolia blossom against a grey sky mixed feelings