WOLLUMBIN    7-2009    
haiku selected from recent workshops



  the plover’s patch
a sprinkling of yellow
wildflowers
           jb


















frosty morning
last night’s log collapses
into ash
           nb


















forest tree –
lichen bypasses
an old wound
           qy


















coastal scrub –
autumn butterflies
not finding each other
           jb


















the hiss
of champagne bubbles
spatter of stars
           nb


















tea ceremony
my knees feel
western
           qy


















caldera foothills
the red eruptions
of ant nests
           jb


















autumn shower
my footprints blurring
into yours
           nb


















the shadow
of a see-through jellyfish
rock pool
           qy


















the seawall
chained and locked –
silver gulls
           jb


















swollen creek
the zig-zag of water
between rocks
           nb


















paddock fence –
exchanging stares
with a bull
           qy














 		 










empty seedpods
curl in on themselves –
seniors’ outing
           qy


















overcast sky –
what’s left of the day
fading away
           jb


















overgrown paddock
thistledown veils
the rosella
           nb


















tuesday
the kitten juggles a moth
on its paw
           qy


















fiscal crisis –
kids with buckets and spades
reshape the shore
           jb


















shed snakeskin
holes
that were its eyes
           nb


















drawn to water
the ripples keep moving
away
           qy


















a few leaves
on their way to earth...
remembering her
           jb


















cirrus clouds
sunlight moves up and down
the spiderweb
           nb


















nest-building –
a magpie sings
with its mouth full
           qy


















broken swing –
the scooping flight
of a kookaburra
           nb


















endless blue
a solitary crow
muttering
           jb


nb:  nathalie buckland                jb:  john bird                qy:  quendryth young

Since being workshopped, some of these haiku have been published in: The Heron’s Nest, Presence, paper wasp, moonset, IHS Shamrock.

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