dusk at the office –
even the computers
are falling asleep
sick, I work from home
no sympathy –
with email no one can hear you sneeze
Published in Blithe Spirit (14/4) - December 2004
middle of the road –
a very dangerous place
to be
Published in Other - The BHS Members Anthology 2004
growing old –
more hair sprouting from my ears
than on my head
Published in Blithe Spirit (14/4) - December 2004
as I fondle, she watches
over my shoulder –
for her last bus home
Published in Blithe Spirit (15/2) - June 2005
everything
is work in progress –
including life
Sunday afternoon
my garden chair is calling –
for a coat of paint
The rainbow –
nature’s way of saying sorry
for an April shower
Autumn at the mall –
we turn away
from the Christmas displays
empty fields, green lanes
cycling back a butterfly –
races me for home
footprints in the snow
going their separate ways –
leaving a party
Published in Blithe Spirit (15/1) - March 2005
Boxing Day morning
we go hunting –
for batteries not included
Published in Blithe Spirit (15/1) - March 2005
hoglets staggering
drunk on fermented flesh –
of fallen plums
Family Christmas
goodwill evaporates –
like brandy on a pudding
On the train home
my How to Haiku guide stays open –
unlike my eyes
Published in Blithe Spirit (15/1) - March 2005
my ego is ok
but my karma –
just ran over my dogma
Published in Blithe Spirit (15/2) - June 2005
Burgandy in winter
red wine –
Beaune cold
the inspirational speaker
inspires me –
to go home early
Published in Blithe Spirit (15/3) - September 2005
Goodwill to all men -
we even laugh
at the jokes we've heard before
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/1) - March 2006
Suddenly the swifts have all flown
No farewells, no goodbyes
September
Burgandy at dawn –
lazy frog hops and plops
into a stone lavoir
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/1) - March 2006
after a hard week
I look in the mirror
– and see my father staring back
the road sign says
‘cats eyes removed’ –
is that a threat or a promise?
carrying her harp
to music school
she wishes she’d studied the flute
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/2) - June 2006
middle age calling
designer jeans out
stretchy waistbands in
she’s getting old
now she mainly sees her friends
– at funerals
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/2) - June 2006
a late spring
the daffodils do not open
till the clocks go forward
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/2) - June 2006
back for a class reunion
the only face I recognise –
is mine
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/2) - June 2006
its exotic scent
belies the primitive looks
of the sweet brier rose
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/3) - September 2006
An English summer –
drought orders signed
the deluge begins
Wimbledon, Henley
– and Big Brother
Summer is only a gameshow
time travel –
seeing tomorrow today
and yesterday tomorrow
Published in Ultraverse (3/5) - September 2006
space time dilation –
when I return
the only face I know is mine
Published in Ultraverse (3/5) - September 2006
13th JULY 2006
black smoke over Haifa –
this summer katyushas
arrive with the dawn
white con trails against the blue –
tumbling bombs glitter
in the Beirut sun
in Gaza life ebbs
from a fallen phone
one message waiting – unread
Ari – are you ok?
me and the cats and dogs
are waiting for you
The Oracle at Delphi –
Sun so bright
we squint to see the ruins
Published in Other - The BHS Members Anthology 2006
ripening brambles
powder blue sloes –
children drag their heels to school
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/4) - December 2006
con trails against the blue
tumbling bombs glitter
in the Beirut sun
Published in Blithe Spirit (16/4) - December 2006
dry at last
the winter’s clippings burn
in an early evening sun
Published in Blithe Spirit (17/2) - June 2007
beneath opening blossom
two buskers exchange
mobile phone numbers
Published in Blithe Spirit (18/2) - June 2008
gone jogging –
gathering footprints
before dawn
Published in Blithe Spirit (17/3) - September 2007
Las Vegas in June –
the hissing of sprinklers
on astro turf
Published in Blithe Spirit (17/3) - September 2007
St Martin's summer
butterflies still flittering
over poppy wreaths
Published on Ink Sweat & Tears - November 2007
Halloween sunset –
sky the colour
of ripe pumpkin
Published in Blithe Spirit (17/4) - December 2007
sky-racked oak
500 years history
– gone in one night
Published in BHS Members Anthology Storm - 2007
Birdstrike – falling like snow
across the highway
so many feathers
Published in Blithe Spirit (17/4) - December 2007
passing the old house
blinds pulled down
– Ornette Colemen playing
Published in Blithe Spirit (18/1) - March 2008
rain dripping into a bowl –
ticking off time
til it overflows
Published in Blithe Spirit (18/1) - March 2008
after the gale –
the old garden bench
on its back, bleached frame skywards
Published in Blithe Spirit (18/1) - March 2008
like a moth
I’m drawn to your flame
– an ember on the wing
last niece married –
only funerals
to bring us together now
Published in Blithe Spirit (18/3) - September 2008
shirt off, cross-legged
a brickie takes a break
– the buddha of the frogs
Published in BHS Members Anthology Building - 2008