slipping goose

2021

dawn storm

dissolves into

its blows

lock down

no social distancing

for flock of sparrows

gazing

at never getting old

hunch backed moon

winter cold

the radiator

murmuring

anti-curfew protest

a police on his horse

staring at rising moon

deep

the reign of winter

deep

subtle snow

with a kiss

from russia

lock down

evaporating in snow

children’s boredom

thick snow

the affinity deepens

between trees

skating children

on a frozen pond

a slipping goose

over the farm fence

a flying sparrow

followed by spring scent

a sleeping leopard

lending her rosettes

to starry night

cold winter night

a hungry spotted hyena

biting the starlit sky

early leap

time to space

spring

lingering across

melting snow stream

spring soothing sound

curfewed street

a meeting

of neighbourhood cats

snow

resting on a birch

folded white velvet

after rain

brimming with gratitude

bowl of lake

8 march

for mom i wear

a new smile

no prey

a hawk sways in its beak

the empty sky

social distancing

a girl cuddles

her doll

grey pine

dropping its needles

unhurt ground

norouz sun

the grudge i cast aside

i don’t remember

norouz buds

despite frosty night

norouz buds

floating clouds

over the spring pastures

ditch to ditch

brief lived snow

burst and bloom of

hyacinths

freezing april

the slow pace of

pear blossoms

spring colours

despite april chill

spring colours

spring mild

floating blossoms

on the loos

earth day

self-portrait

pear blossoms

earth day party

dress code

pear blossoms

three great th’s

birth growth death

my motto

may wind

the bamboo chimes

a new hope

rainy wind gone

flood of petals on pavement

wave on wave

rain ends

i cross the road

with a tiny cloud

thunder

asking a garden buddha

where to enter a satori

after fight

winner’s face concealed

with photo flashes

noon wind

two poppies

entangled

oak processionary

she takes out her anger

on a cawing crow

june drizzle

i let go of a quarrel

with the heat

summer storm

with my bad karma

i reconcile

full moon

a life

i reshape

reaching

its reflection in water

weeping willow

asparagus picking

the farmer’s daughter smiles

at a blind man

manifests

in a rain water bucket

my contentment

full moon

enjoying in the pond

its expression

four downpours in a row

cannot remember

my previous lives

open sky

the fear i carry

in imagination

kinsugi

how to reconcile with

my other broken half

sun after rain

many obstacles to overcome

baby snail

summer calm

in a haiku anthology

a flapping butterfly

hiroshima day

before a jesus statue

a monk bows

summer heat

i write in capital letters

ENOUGH!

ancient buddhas

all say the same thing

floating floating

rushing outside

to measure rain intensity

with a teaspoon

colourful dawn

the poetic diction of

chirping birds