Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Haiku and drawings from 'On The Journey Home'

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on the journey home
thunder, sitting in silence
letting dust settle




village graveyard--full
of daisies,dandelion clocks
and dying light




hole for the tree
my hand
stirring her ashes




in goal
his mother dodges
away from the ball




tending the path
to the gate,beyond
ruts heading downhill




sea side graveyard
still enough space
to store a boat




bookshop,filed under
motorbikes a volume
on cycladic art




playground empty
but for wind
playing with sparrows




winter's afternoon
making love
the boiler comes on




an urgent call
to wash my hands
of the garden




waiting for news
with me,on the settee
her drop of blood




to travel silent
as the morning hare
on the gravel road





between each
foxglove,a gap
in buzzing





dawn wind
air jangles
with birds




his funeral suit
in a turn up
the wardrobe key





on fennel
gathering mist,shells
of transparent snails





porch bell silent
its clanger gently
strikes the wind




hospital
white plum blossom feels
the pulse of the moon

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