Longing

Tags

birds, haiku, poem, poetry, summer, sun, weather, winter

On Winter days

long shadows, short days
weary Sun too tired to climb
song birds long to sing

Blue

Tags

birds, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, swallows, weather, wildlife

On watching the rain

wild, wet winter day
thoughts of sunshine and swallows
swift and summer blue

Madly

Tags

beauty, haiku, moon, nature, night, poetry, romance, winter

On a soft, moonlit night

face veiled in pale mist
Moon has a silver circlet
madly romantic

‘Next’

Tags

Easter, haiku, holidays, holy, humor, humour, poem, poetry

On supermarket display

‘now on sale’ Santas
huddle with unsold crackers
next shelf, Easter eggs

Comforts

Tags

comfort, fish, haiku, nature, pond, winter

On being glad I‘m not a fish

not moving a fin
goldfish in a winter pond
no snuggled comforts

Duel

Tags

birds, garden, haiku, nature, poetry, sparrows

On garden violence

sharp beaks stab and scream
with savage intensity
two sparrows duel

These two little garden birds were locked in a tumbling
avian punch up before separating and resuming their feeding.

Prophets

Tags

haiku, life, planet, poetry, poets, vision

On the state of the planet

kids of the sixties
how we betrayed our prophets
poets with sad songs

Baa

Tags

haiku, nature, night, poetry, sheep, weather

even with a moon
this is a dark, winter’s night
vague outlines of sheep

Boxes

Tags

cats, haiku, humor, humour, poetry

those Christmas presents
kids already abandoned
cats still love boxes

Bite

Tags

haiku, nature, poetry, sunset, weather, winter

sun sets with soft pinks
subtle shades of promised warmth
tears, that East wind bites