Monday 10 July 2017

 
 
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