Wednesday 29 May 2013

May haiku


Horse-chestnut candles
lit against the green and grey
warm my soul today

Tuesday 28 May 2013

The view from D10


Rainy-day horizon,
softened strips of grey and green
beyond the window

bank holiday blues


In the rain-green park
yesterday's summer sounds still
echo in my senses

Thursday 23 May 2013

Storm cloud haiku


Sudden bright sunlight
birch branches etched sharply white
blue-black angry sky

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Eavesdropping haiku


Riding on the bus,
List'ning to conversations
The lives people lead!

'But isn't she, y'know...?
'Mmm, nine years older than him..'
'And does she really...?'


Thursday 16 May 2013

May haiku


Lazy, warm river,
sunshine-yellow irises,
suddenly kingfisher!

Wednesday 15 May 2013

Taking down the paintings


I remember the grey
day you all arrived
('going home')
to cheer my grieving heart..

You came with a canvas
blue and white impressions
of sky, wind
and sea, dark at the horizon,

And just a single curl
of wave

And now within a year
we're taking down the paintings,
packing up
our troubles with the shells

The colours of the sea
are waiting there
for me

(what colour is the sea today?)







Monday 13 May 2013

stormy monday


vertical grey clouds
pour down on us
between valiant rainbows

Rainy-day river thoughts


Each drop of rain hesitated momentarily, then
rippled in circles to the edge of time

Friday 10 May 2013

Early hours


Sparkling as diamonds
Raindrops pattering softly
Black velvet skylight

Thursday 9 May 2013

dance


We moved as feathers in the breeze,
danced as dust-motes, soft in a slant of sunlight

Sunday 5 May 2013

River trip


The lazy blue and white reflections were like Giverny to my rested eyes

Friday 3 May 2013

Thursday 2 May 2013

More iambic thingys

Tell me again of dreams that can come true,
drown out the muttered lies and old regrets,
the whispered winter-words of cold reproof -
and sing instead sweet summer-songs of truth