dying

I liberate

my shadow

innovation

a magpie’s nest

in a pylon

four Chinese ladies

viewing blossom

through an iPhone

on the lazy susan

the chicken’s head

sees everything

****

noodles for dinner

this lasting friendship

Hotel haiku

checking in

that hotel smell

greets me

****

first one way

then another

the plastic key

****

hotel room

unpacking

memories

****

always

one light

stays on

****

all packed

but

one last look

my son

now opening jam jars

for me

Published (2019) in Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 41 p. 118

Living Senryu Anthology

footsteps

following me home

in the snow

Published (2020) The Asahi Shimbun 7 February

dying

his last cup of tea

growing cold

the roller blind

revealing
the red back

Published (2020) Echidna Tracks III 20 July

new birth—

my mother

never knew

the sudden snap

of a mole trap

waves beaching

on pebbles —

exhalation

Peterborough

behind the mosque

a cathedral

glancing up

a roe deer

watches my train

lakeside chapel

a swallow’s nest

in the porch

Published (2021) Temple: BHS Members' Anthology 2021 page 101

al fresco restaurant

chairs

chained up for the night

city walls

against the rain

no defence

Added to: Australian Haiku Society Autumn Equinox Haiku String 2019 (theme: City Life)

searching for pebbles

at last

a smooth one

Wiki page

my death date

still empty

Published (2019) in Prune Juice Issue 28, page 94

magnolia bulbs

already

shedding petals

reading my Kindle

missing the smell

of an old book

magnolia

flowering

too early

reading
the Jataka tales
...enlightenment

rain over
cherry blossom
floating on puddles

thunder storm
cherry blossom and rain
falling together

the woodpecker
no longer
in the same place

the birdsong
outlasting
the bird

with translation
taking
twice as long

award ceremony
a fly
drifts past

at last

the ink

is running out

at the gatepost

an old lady

watching...

****

the old lady

watching

her son grows smaller

****

watching

the old lady

as her son gets smaller

****

watching

the old lady

watching her son go

global warming

the ducks

arrive early

You’ve Been Framed

laughing...

but why?

everywhere at once

a woodpecker

or is it two?

sheep farmers
bleating
about Brexit

Published (2019) in Prune Juice Issue 28, page 94

airplane toilet
the seat
still warm