Lockdown Day 10
Dreamscape It is always winter hereA Narnia landscapemade for meI walk with a dream manour footsteps crunching deep in the snowWe arrive at a frozen lakethe vastness is incredibleThe creaking of the...
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The autumn river ball At the Autumn River Ballbehold the dawn festivitiesThe fantails dance and bellbirds callThis is how the silence sounds Behold the dawn festivitiesPukeko footmen run here and...
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No poem today There is no poem todayThe words all look the sameSo prayer fizz crow ho-hum sleigh
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Headlines hay(na)ku BellbirdProclaims morningTui answers back FantailSilent flightHere then there BlackbirdHis mateOn the fence DucksCrying overheadLeave us alone HumansStay insideNature reclaims planet
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Lockdown Day 18
THE BEAR HUNT I walked to the church this morninga nod to Easter DayThe church was silent the car park emptybut further down the roadI saw a mailboxadorned with a large painted easter eggNo Easter egg...
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Triolet Forbidden fruit is tempting meFrom just beyond the neighbour’s gateA fully laden apple treeForbidden fruit is tempting meTho’ he’s no Adam nor I no EveT’is sin that fruit is going to...
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Stolen Fruit – Haiku I am not sorryfor stealing wasting applesmy cake tastes divine
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Muse – Haiku What muse more faithfulthe black dog, devotedlywaiting at the door
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what if… What if we thought of it as a holidaya gift of timeTurn the alarm off,Watch movies in bedhave food delivered to our doorRead the file of booksthat we move around but never open What if we...
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