netsuke...
the hare with amber eyes
jumps back in again

Publications credits: Mainichi Shimbun (May 2011)

Snapshot Press Haiku Collection eChapbook Competition
http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk

you ask me
what rhymes
with orange
rainbow deadhead
knew nothing

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Join in the global ginko! ;-)

http://area17.blogspot.com/2011/05/join-us-in-global-haiku-walk-for-japan.html
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spring journey
the soldiers talk about
spotty teenagers
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May Day
a blackbird skirts the choice
of blossoms

May Writing Challenge, NaHaiWriMo FB 

last quarter
I save up for a chin of gold
and a new moon


4am moonrise
your chin of gold, and me
tucked in bed

moonrise
I shine your chin of gold
and dimities of blue


backscattered
from the lunar surface
the universe my shoe


4 x Moon haiku inspired by Emily Dickinson for the last day of NaPoWriMo

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hornbeams and maples
Milton echoes all around
Westminster Abbey

Royal Wedding April 29^th 2011

Prince William & Kate Middleton 

Royal Wedding video feeds:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/royal-wedding-live-video-prince-william-and-kate-middleton-married-15147685.html

Trees in Westminster Abbey:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/royal-wedding-video/8482766/Royal-wedding-video-Royal-wedding-first-look-inside-Westminster-Abbey.html

Westminster Abbey:

http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/the-architecture-of-westminster-abbey

20ft-high English field maples, six in total, along with two hornbeams.

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The hornbeam is known for being extremely hard and is said to symbolise resilience. The English field maple is said represent humility and reserve. It is the favoured wood used for harp making and it is also used to create medieval loving cups.

John Milton, possibly the world’s most accomplished poet:

http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/john-milton

don't trust the cat
her eyes green the earth
with anti-matter
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Part of Alan's gendai haiku challenge for NaPoWriMo

field of dreams
an unborn child's colour
isn't rapeseed

gendai haiku challenge for NaPoWriMo

starlight and memory

the wink of a one-eyed dog
as it sneezes

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Poisson d’Avril
I gain the pirate's flag
on my blog counter

Part of NaPoWriMo
http://area17.blogspot.com
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heart chakra
today I feel the need
to water magnolias

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a future waterfall
bursts dancing pinheads
into new angel DNA

gendai verse

A possible 1000 people have lost lives.  This is truly horrible, and thankfully due to Government preparations over the years, it could have easily been ten times that number.

My thoughts go out to everyone in Japan, including my haikai literature colleagues.

little sparrow
I regret nothing today
flowers in the wind

A homage to La Môme Piaf  

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night butterfly
what colour are you
in the daylight

stratus clouds
the moonlight behind it
my time on my own
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sudden shower
the group of cows startled more
by a flock of jackdaws

falling in love
all over again with my wife
the cries of swifts



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cumulus clouds
a clattering of jackdaws
rearrange them

sticky front door

a chyak-chyak of jackdaws

peck at rooftiles

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sick train-
the night heron shifting silt
near the swan's goslings
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bright breeze
a white mallard rides shotgun
for the other ducks
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river kingfisher
a grey wagtail defends
its right over fish
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