Haiku

lockdown

new cycle paths

snake through the bush

— Blythe Spirit #4 Nov 2020

Haiku

rain all week—

a gum branch swirls through

in a rushing creek

— Blithe Spirit, Vol 30 Number 2

Monoku

Bones- No22, March 15th, 2021

Monoku – Bones, No. 22, March 2021

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – right/left

 

elections—

sitting on the fence

he ponders 

 

 

Source: HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – right/left

Haiku / Senryu

rain blurred horizon

my broken promise

to myself

*

uber driver

a tale of two

expatriates

*

Frogpond Vol.43.3 fall 2020

Haibun – Failed Haiku- Vol. 5, Issue 59, Nov.2020

Haiku

wafting incense smoke

I touch the smile

on mother’s face

*

(Hedgerow #132 – Nov. 2020)

Haiku

leaf filled birdbath

junk mail spills

from the letter box

*

(The Cicada’s Cry, Autumn 2020)

Haiku

twilight dawn

the back porch lit

with white cyclamen

*

(Modern Haiku, Vol. 51.3, Autumn 2020)

Haiku

folded wheelchair

mother’s shoes too big

to fill

*

(Stardust Haiku – Issue 44- Oct.2020)

Haiku / Senryu

pruned rose bush

winters’s hush

of introspection

*

isolation weary

the backyard birds

exhaust their repertoire

*

(Cattails – October, 2020)

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – destroy/create

 

grandma’s portrait 

the removalist leaves

his signature

 

*
powerful forces used for good & evil…

Source: HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – destroy/create

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – arrive/leave

apple blossoms…

my dreams too leave

one by one

 

*

 

comings & goings…

Source: HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – arrive/leave

Tanka

slowing

past the old mansion

I conjure up its past

of wine and rustling silk

some dark deeds too

*

( Blithe Spirit, Vol 30 Number 3 Aug. 2020)