Saturday 26 May 2012

From

Flung from the tree,
the flesh-pink blossoms
pulsate.

Friday 25 May 2012

Saturday 19 May 2012

Up

get up
and start the day
as if

Friday 18 May 2012

Clouds















Gnarled and naked
wooden arms hold aloft
clouds of blue.

Tuesday 15 May 2012

Grass

every summer of
my life...  the smell
of mown grass

Saturday 12 May 2012

Drift

Dappled lawns
and from the chapel
a drift of song.

Friday 11 May 2012

Smell

Bitter-sweet smell
of pink and white blossom:
chestnut, hawthorn.

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Patches

Patches of blue -
the sky smiles, blinks
and closes.

Saturday 5 May 2012

Sleeping beauty

Watching beauty sleep,
light on his velvet coat,
my heart leaps.

Friday 4 May 2012

Found haiku

Bordeaux grands crus classés -
wine tasting, strictly
by invitation.

Thursday 3 May 2012

Lumpy

No early alarm -
my soft bed
grows lumpy.