Magpies

a magpie

swoops on the sparrows

playground bully

Published (2021) Haiku International Number 150, page 12

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an anxiety of magpies

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a menacing of magpies

hooting
the silhouette
of an owl

pondering
the sound
of pigeon flight

on the fence
two pigeons
foreplay

a murmuration of bees

harvest dawn
dreaming
the smell of wet grass

Published (2022) Water BHS Anthology page 30

last rays of the sun
goosebumps
on my legs

dawn dreaming
the sound
of petals

dawn chorus to dusk
same sound
different pigeon

tergiversation
first one thing
then another

A sense of loss Sequence with Erin Castaldi

leaves

a trail of moonlight

parting lovers

this heartbeat

resonating

in my ears

falls asleep

headlong

into stars

turning over in bed

last night's barbecue

still warm

sifting moonlight

tempered glass cast

a tepid glow

Erin Castaldi

Roger Watson

Pubilshed (2021) Failed Haiku Volume 6, issue 69, page 39

peeling layers
from
my mind's banana

Menagerie - Sequence with Erin Castaldi

what what
the skim
of low flying swans

tall pines

ravens caw and jostle

Spring wanting

the early worm
emerging
the blackbird...watching

out from under
the cat's paw
fighting squirrels

glancing up
a blue tit
gone

Roger Watson
Erin Castaldi

wild strawberries
with just a hint
of fox pee

two pigeons
on the narrow branches
the mile high club

Published (2020 Poetry Pea Series 3 Episode 15: Chocolate Box

hot spring wind
above thunder
creaking fish
dream of
summer

time
drops
from the dragon clock*

With acknowledgement to The Song of Kiều by Nguyễn Du
Translated with an introduction by Timothy Allen (2019)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241360668

* a clock that dripped water to indicate the passage of time

sakura blossom
on the koi pond
two legends meet

Published (2020) Poetry Pea Series 3 Episode 14: Voyages
Published (2020) Poetry Pea Series 3 Episode 15: Chocolate Box

in the ivy
the wren
I never see

Published (2020 Poetry Pea Series 3 Episode 15: Chocolate Box
Published (2021) Another Year The London Haiku Group Anthology 2020 page 15

half way house
from the window
Tubular Bells