a new country

the police

less friendly

coffee grinder

awake

before the smell

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 39, page 14

Living Senryu Anthology

rain

on a frosty night

more misery

on the train
the big white teddy bear
becomes a baby

underground train

the homeless man

gives his speech

Brisbane

cicadas tuning up

early evening

****

voices raised

as the cicadas

begin to chirrup

****

the cicadas

drowning out

my tinnitus

****

still hearing the cicadas...still

****

the cicadas

mocking our attempts

at conversation

****

early evening cicadas

our voices

raised

questions

going unanswered

from the dental chair

those keys

still there

...but where?

a passing siren
lowers the tone
of our conversation

watching
the snow drift
random thoughts

Published (2020) The Asahi Shimbun 26 February

dry season
only one moon

Published (2019) in  Presence July page 30

sputtering candle
the smell
of burning wax

grandsons' hugs
each time
shorter

boarding pass bookmark
ideas
that didn't fly

tulip garden
offering up
a bumble bee

leaving-do
wishing
I had already left

bad moon dust
peeling bananas
just for fun

early morning

campsite

unzipping the day

discreet

conversations

just out of reach

new semester

an empty bed

and one less toothbrush

Published in Blithe Spirit Volume 29 Number 2 page 12

the priest reads

behind the lectern

behind him, his shadow

dying
the things I never said
to my sons

couple next door
shooting
between wind and water

winter's night
shaking the dewdrop
off the lily

first date
online
she had no accent

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 38, page10

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the clown fish
wondering
who the fuck I am

before sending
I check the grammar
in my sympathy note

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 38, page 10

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turning over in bed
last night's barbecue
still warm

passport control

only her scent

comes with me

Published (2019)  in where silence becomes song (International Haiku Conference Anthology, British Haiku Society) p. 61

...www.wilderness...

panic attack
on the radio
Brexit again

evening train
racing its shadow
home

Published (2019) in Blithe Spirit Volume 29, Number 1, page 54

LHA Ref:
Blithe Spirit 29.1, November 2019

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only the smell of the bins

remaining

- Epiphany

murder mystery night

killing

time

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 38, page 10

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