isolation…
unearthing old CDs
how time has fled
*
(The Asahi Shimbun, August 21
Asahi Haikuist Network)
Haiku
Reply
Haiku
long drive—
my one sided conversation
with the dog in front seat
*
(Frogpond 2020 #Vol 43 Number2)
HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – hot/cold
war zone
cry of a newborn
from a makeshift tent
*
Opposites Attract Hello – kj here – I will be taking the reins again for the next few weeks, with the theme ‘opposites attract’. The prompt each week will be a pair of opposites – feel free to be inspired by one or the other, or both! I hope this draws you towards excellent […]
HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – open/shut
quarantine
the same old moon
settles on my window
*
when one door opens, another closes…
Haiku
after the song
her flapping exit —
pied currawong
*
( Presence #67)
Monoku
rain pool not a ripple in the sky
*
(Presence #67)
Monoku
nebulous the pale sound of autumn rain
*
(Hedgerow #131)
Tanka
dandelions
all the sunshine I need
this grey autumn day
spilling into my solitude
a wattle bird’s song
*
stepping
into the turmeric glow
of the setting sun
I join my palms
in gratitude
*
(Red lights, Vol. 17, No. 2, June / July 2020)
Haiku Dialogue – ‘the way of you’
dog’s wet kiss —
her sigh
as deep as mine
*
(Haiku Dialogue – Aug. 5, 2020)
Haiku
blurred horizon
over the phone
the pain she hides
*
(Stardust Issue 43 July 2020)
Monoku
easing restrictions seeping sound of distant school bell
*
a spurt of youth in ageing limbs reunion
.
straight and narrow after a U turn missed
*
( Bones #20 July 15 2020)
Tanka
waterfall
gushing into
the silver creek…
in its rippled flow
I seek solace
*
( Blithe Spirit Vol 30 Number 2)
Haiku
retirement
an unknown birdsong
hidden in the oak
*
(Blithe Spirit Vol 30 Number 2)
Haiku
fence talk
discussing magnolias
my neighbour offers me some
*
(Blithe Spirit Vol 30 Number 2)
Haiku
old home
I let the wisteria
have its way
*
neighbour’s envy
the blue hydrangea
dies on me
*
(Asahi Haikuist Network, July 3, 2020)
SENRYU
truth of all that mattered mother’s voice
*
( Failed Haiku #55)
