freezing fog

crows

appear and disappear

Published (2024) Blithe Spirit Volume 34 Number 1 page 9

on a frosty path

through the graveyard

no footprints

a dragonfly ascends

to meet a swift

end

between

a heron and a fly fisher

the salmon chooses

its fate

Published (2023) Blithe Spirit 33:4 page 41

al fresco dining

mouthfuls

of mosquitoes

cicada evening

children on their haunches

pointing

Buddhist temple

WeChat payment

accepted

motion sensor

a fox

reminds me it’s there

Lake Garda speedboat

in its wake

its wake

airport taxi driver

always the bridesmaid

never the bride

Good Friday

long readings

fish cakes for tea

a swan

its neck unfolds

in the morning heat

Airport sequence

airport bus

the mysteries contained

in large bags

security check

I shuffle through

holding up my trousers

at the gate

passport, bags and boarding pass

never enough hands

a single sun-drenched field

an unseen gap

in the clouds

a burst of snowdrops

on the mortuary road

last journey home

Published (2023) Blithe Spirit Volume 33 Number 2 page29

late winter crow

a silhouette

in the tree

washing on the line

the smell of spring

in late winter

on the apex of the roof

two pigeons mating

early spring

cold horses

huddled round hay

their breath forms a cloud

or (suggested by Audrey Dunne):

cold horses

huddled round hay

breathing a cloud

shooting pigeons

with his air rifle he kills

the Holy Spirit

Published (2021 Failed Haiku Volume 8, Issue 87