Saturday, March 17, 2018

looking back
over houses and gardens
'and you' I whisper
'you were the woods
I lost myself in'

Presence 59 Nov 2017
little girls
in blue silk dresses
watch
a shadow fall
from a clear sky

Presence 59 Nov 2017
the look
my neighbours cat gives me
as I open my door
a new day of judging
and being judged

Presence 59 Nov 2017
that look
so innocent and wild
in the cat's eyes too
there is
love and hunger

Blithe Spirit Vol.27 No.4 November 2017
a small hand
traces bands of sunlight
across the wall
glimpses of a new country
through the airport blinds

Blithe Spirit Vol.27 No.4 November 2017
grey morning
a hankering
for soft-boiled eggs

Presence 57 March 2017
cloudy moon
the secret world
of a baby's dream

Presence 57 March 2017
eternally
watching humanity struggle
could it be
the angels yearn
for hunger and thirst?

(after the film "Wings of Desire", 1987 Dir. by Wim Wenders)

Ekphrasis. The British Haiku Society Members' Anthology 2017