Fresh raspberries: haiku for October 2009

2/10/09

fresh raspberries
the taste and texture
of my childhood


3/10/09

on the train track
stems, leaves and berries
rain-washed


9/10/09

sudden lilies bloom
in my afternoon garden
unseen this morning

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Photo of Kerouac

hugging his cat
how domestic he looks
this road poet

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Melbourne rain
going cold to my bones
recollected


14/10/09

abandon yourself
it’s all in the letting go
freedom and passion

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sprawling on the bed
my cat is relaxed in sleep:
utter abandon


23/10/09

I carry with me
as mirror and barrier
her faraway gaze


30/10/09

across rainy dark
the whispers of the ocean
sound right in my house


31/10/09

tonight cicadas
and the smell of coming rain
heat builds to pressure

tomorrow morning
a renewal of sunlight
the blessing of trees

Climate Change Haiku

(In conjunction with Blog Action Day, October 15) 


keep burning forests
spilling chemicals in sea:
abandon the earth

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windy day again
and the dust filling the sky
stings inside my throat

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washed the car windows
two days later scrawls of red dust
fall out of the air

Dark sky: haiku for September 2009

1/9/09

A dark sky;
here and there
clouds thicken

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Listen – next door’s violent music.
Earlier a walk by the peaceful creek.
Now the day turns dark.

(word count haiku)


4/9/09

Repco Rally Australia

Police and firemen
all over town: car rally
supposed to be fun.

The birds are restless.
Both coucal and brush turkey
rush about madly.

Painted, numbered cars
arrive for days of roaring
through fragile wetlands.


11/9/09

September sunshine.
From the dull bromeliads
red leaves, purple blooms.


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9/11

No-one can forget
that horror already old
and forever new

so I turn my head
focus in on my garden
small fragment of peace


18/9/09

a bright fresh morning
the creeper climbing the palm
has shiny new leaves

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golden girl Mary
leaves Peter Paul and us all
departing solo


25/9/09

a sky full of dust
thickening in the nostrils
and nowhere to run


26/9/09

dust returned today
less red, less thick, less fearful
we grow accustomed

We emerge from darkness: haiku for August 2009

1/8/09

the feast of Imbolc
we emerge from the darkness
life renews itself


2/8/09

Sum up your day in the form of a haiku:

a spring-like winter

morning under piled blankets

noon stripped and sweating

7/8/09

the sun's up early
still haven't pruned those roses
winter's so soon past

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Sum up your day in the form of a haiku:

I 'm cleaning the house

for an old friend's arrival

so work becomes love

knowing when we meet

our old friend won't see beyond

our welcoming smiles

14/8/09

On the evening beach
gigantic waves crash too close
although it’s low tide.


21/8/09

of all her faces
which so intrigue I like best
a simple back view

Flamenco dancer
moving like snake or like fire
in that sleek red dress


28/8/09

Mars comes close tonight
a second moon in a sky
too dark to see one.


29/8/09

In sudden flashlight
my cat’s eyes gleam like twin moons
against night-dark fur