two pigeons

a shower
of leaves
two pigeons mating

hailstorm over
silence
...then birdsong

death next door

death next door
all the family
she never saw

Published in A Moment's Longing HSA Members' Anthology 2019 page 31
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death next door
the old house
grows cold
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death next door
at last
a family gathering
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death next door
that was
her last Christmas

hover flies and mountain ash

hover flies
the joy
of the mountain ash
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hover flies
making a beeline
for the mountain ash
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hover flies
still
I don't trust them

next door

the clatter of Maj-jong

I curse quietly

Kunming city

even here

sakura blossoms

Published (2020) The Asahi Shimbun 6 March

four renminbi

in the beggar's bowl

he bows his head

hotel lift

Richard Clayderman still playing 

seven years on

VIP lounge

watching the labourers

outside in the heat

the Chinese farmer

planted in the ground

beside his crops

a Chinese man

urinating profusely

at the roadside

high speed train

fleeting glimpses

of other lives

my reflection

my father’s nose

my goodness!

the removal men

laughing

at our wobbly bed

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

Living Senryu Anthology

the old man

and his cage

walking the bird*

older men in China take their caged birds to the park and then socialise with friends while the cages are hung in the trees

hutong toilet

two men squatting

in full view

wildlife documentary

my weekly visit

to Africa

fundamentalists at the door

the dry season

arrives

long-haul flight

the air pressure drops

and everyone farts

hotel elevator

no eye contact

unwritten rules

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

Living Senryu Anthology

the bare tree

shedding crows

as the train passes

baking foil

in the shopping bag

Sunday lunch

a warm breeze
wafts plum blossom
into reiwa*

Published (2019) The Asahi Shimbun 3 May

*the new era on the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan; possible meaning 'auspicious peace'.

Living Haiku Anthology