whirr of traffic—through
white nets a white cat
in stalking mode

HAIGA # 22

new year’s day
in a black sky the moon
and a crane’s red lights

first bet of the year
my greyhound tumbles
out of the trap

laid up at home…
bananas in a bowl
turning black

old bell tower
through its open window
ropes swinging wildly

HAIGA # 21

open town park—just
one yellow crocus amongst
a carpet of blue

without thinking
the self-adhesive stamp
gets a lick

day just breaking
for a moment the cry
of passing geese

haiku discussion
my chain of thought ruined
by two battling coots

HAIGA # 20

twilight shadows…
a fox cub starts to play
with the dog on a lead

in half-light
on the pathway
two crushed daffodils

dusk descending
between two blocks of flats
a landscape of light

HAIGA # 19

chippy in the square
deftly a gull lands and eats
a plate of cold scraps

art exhibition...
disappointment written
all over your face

thinking of you
slowly the sugar sinks
through the coffee’s froth

strawberry fields—
a pigeon walks across
the “imagine” circle

station concourse…
a pigeon slips & slides
across the tiled floor

HAIGA # 18

an icy wind—above
the town’s clamour
the cawing of crows

shop window—a boy
waves gingerly
to the automaton cobbler

steady rain
a crow flies slow and low
across the empty road

drifting…….....floating
listening with my eyes
to the "Pines of Rome"

Bumping Along - 2001

standing in the bowl
of a dead volcano
listening intently…

Haiku Quarterly - November 1996

remembrance sunday
nimrod and rain...rain
...............and nimrod

Blithe Spirit - Vol. 8 #1 - March 1998

HAIGA # 17

a grey sunday…
and the mono-sound
of a singing drunk

a white morning
through swirling mist
the red of a pheasant

Snapshots 4 - 1998