now and then
the moon through gum trees
a kookaburra’s taunt
*
(Asahi Haikuist Network, Oct. 20, 2023)
now and then
the moon through gum trees
a kookaburra’s taunt
*
(Asahi Haikuist Network, Oct. 20, 2023)
ancestral home …
around grandparents’ table
our filagreed memories
*
( Chrysanthemum – October 2023)
burrowing into the crowded room my rabbit sensibility
*
( All Ears – Year of the rabbit 2023)
corroboree —
around the campfire
voices unite
*
( Modern Haiku, Vol. 54.3, Autumn 2023 )
the magpie
taking flight as
i approach
leaving her song hanging
on the clothesline
*
( Ribbons, Spring / Summer 2023: Vol. 19, No. 2)
another car
stills the still fluttering
feathers…
i bury the magpie
under a flowering camellia
*
(Ribbons, Tanka Hangout, Spring/Summer 2023: Vol.19, Number 2)
*
somber autumn
only a white rose
up to it
*
( Modern Haiku, Vol. 54.2, Summer 2023 )
emerging horizon the shifting greys in my life
*
(Presence, Issue 76, July 2023)
the stillness of dusk
as a hush descends
on the birch
a sudden bout of loneliness
at the sound of crickets
*
( Moonbathing, Spring / Summer 2023)
The High Lonesome – The Haiku Foundation Volunteers Anthology 2023
this feeling of love
laced with awe…
her debut
*
Haiku Dialogue – Times of Transition, Sept. 6, 2023
her greying whiskers
my gentler pace —
our raspy uphill
*
Haiku Dialogue – Getting Older, Sept. 20, 2023
rescue shelter
the basset’s eyes
non-committal
(Cattails, April 2023)
night swathed in silence soul searching
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(Blithe Spirit, Vol 33 No 2)
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