SUMMER HAIKU

 

 

 

1

 

The buzzard's cry, cry

of emptiness. On soaring skies

sunborn specks unseen

 

 

2

 

Raising roots of spuds,

white orbs merging from the soil,

quiet happiness

 

 

3

 

In the glowing tent

of the laburnum tree, a trembling

of bees


4

Sudden flash of gold
through evening trees, the kestrel
hovers, vanishes


5

In the churchyard, here
behind the hedge, lie flowers
for the dead, dying


6

Raising roots of spuds,
pale orbs looming from the soil.
Quiet happiness


7

Sudden swathe of swifts
above my head, go screaming
high on summer skies