autumn wind
scatter my ashes
everywhere
bodies and things
become transparent
the blue hour
a portrait
of an old woman
I want to hug it
autumn wind
scatter my ashes
everywhere
bodies and things
become transparent
the blue hour
a portrait
of an old woman
I want to hug it
wandering
on a summer night
light years since
first published in Frogpond, autumn 2022
keening wind
a lonely birch tree
dancing
first published in Modern Haiku, autumn 2022
when I die
I’ll play for a long time
winter beach
this silent walk
a butterfly’s softness
on a thistle flower
first published in Cattails, October 2022
night club
the girl with a perfect
moontan
first published in Cattails, October 2022
an empty platform
at a distant train station
smell of October
the calling
of other places
train whistle
first published in Presence, July 2022
divorce trial
the child is cut
in two
first published in Prune Juice, July 2022
a childhood friend
mentally ill
autumn mist
I will go now
where my eyes carry me
poplar fluff
first published in Wales Haiku Journal, summer 2022
passengers standing
on a side platform
departing summer
first published in Modern Haiku, summer 2022
the aftertaste
of a blue sky
autumn rain
first published in Frogpond, spring/summer 2022
a hot wind
I take her clothes off
the clothesline
first published in Cattails, April 2022
cold sunshine
a roe deer the colour
of withered grass
first published in Cattails, April 2022
the body’s air on the string G
first published in Bones, April 2022
May evening
another day of my
immortality
first published in Przekrój, spring 2022
the sun licks the pond
with a yellow tongue
croaking of frogs
first published in Przekrój, spring 2022
vetch flowers
the purple taste
of your lipstick
first published in Przekrój, spring 2022
the scent
of blue ink
first snow
first published in Modern Haiku, winter–spring 2022
the ringing
of faraway bells
dusk in a field
first published in Acorn, spring 2022
moonlight
a swan trailing
a white train
first published in Wales Haiku Journal, spring 2022
wild geese
I missed
my calling
first published in Frogpond, winter 2022
the roar of traffic
dying to a murmur
country churchyard
first published in Prune Juice, March 2022
urban jungle
the high rise buildings
compete for sunlight
first published in Presence, March 2022
winter morning
a sunbeam slithers
into my slippers
first published in The World Haiku Review, winter
2021/2022
dusk’s stillness
an otter slips
into water
first published in The Wales Haiku Journal, winter
2021/2022
a sharp wind blows
through the razor wire
human touch