Suddenly: July haiku 2011

suddenly

the vine blossoms orange

winter sun

vine flowers

long loops of honey

climb the trees

warm winter

green weeds and parsley

spring up

1/7/11

carrying kindling

I reach to pat my new dog

she flinches sharply

(No I don’t have a new dog; this describes an incident far past.)

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sunny morning

my stepson’s confident voice

clear over Skype

8/7/11

wet night full moon unseen

15/7/11

dark night

rain falling softly

low voices

21/7/11

Lune Sequence for Suzanne

a cold day indoors

I listen

as an old friend sings

her voice high and strong

in my ears

her words plain and sweet

I‘m on my own here

my headphones

wrapped around my skull

and she doesn’t know

I hear her

remembering well

29/7/11