Haiku Corner 2020

In all our seasons
to have a kind family
is always a treat

Shapes magnificent,
forever changing colours,
depend on weather

Aurora B. Blue

A world hidden from
Everything silently sleeps
Butterfly hides best

heaven’s evidence
cicadas and evening sun
autumn leaves stasis

Martha Iris Blue

Jules K. Blue

how much rain
can my hands hold aloft
until my eyes fill

On a full, blue moon
witches whispered of lockdown,
two metres apart

Jim the Poet

James Stephen

East End walking tour
Mickey Goldtooth fires a gun
Pie mash and liquor

Leaves swirl and scatter
Dancing away from my broom
Autumn's playful wind

Peter Jordan

Thomas Connolley

Power lines pop and
sizzle in the misty air.
Industry's dawn chorus.

Thomas Connolley

When I talk to you
I feel as if I am
A running tap

Naomi

 Hastening silver arrow
Flying in the azure sky
A family of homing geese

Xia Marn Marn

To be afraid
of falling down a waterfall
is the better choice

Esme Alice Blue

across the night sky
grey clouds drift silently by
stars switch on and off

Michael Galley

 Night fog shrinks my world
To the gap between lampposts.
Each light a bauble.

Thomas Connolley

seeing the purple
worn curtains of my spring mind
closed to the cold moon

Matthew Birch

after you are gone
can your presence still remain
tethered by your scent?

Michael Galley

 The crescent moon smiles
crookedly between high clouds.
A muntjac deer barks.

Thomas Connolley

cracked by nature
water erodes our grounding
to start a new dam

Sue Henderson

散る紅葉
石段覆う
冬の道

Pluto

just before harvest
heavy stalks of golden corn
bow their heads and sigh

Michael Galley

i open my eyes
to a misty countryside
book drops, I am lost

Iona Mandal

 geese migrating south
man attempts border crossing
to sanctuary

Bill Johnston

Under every bridge
the child screams her own name,
a coypu bristles.

Matthew Perkins

chickens by the roadside;
too much for a person to bear,
a boy with stained teeth.

Matthew Perkins

with exquisite grace
white cranes of shining silk fly
round your kimono

Michael Galley

A single leaf stays
On the willow's highest branch.
More gales tonight.

Thomas Connolley

Clocks turn back an hour
Our lives now even darker -
We will get through this!

Pat K

in wagon wheel ruts
snow slowly turning to ice
glaciers are born

Michael Galley

 Rising Halloween moon
no trick or treat
Hope shining in dark October sky

Fay Okita

what is beneath
the leaf that you didn’t
turn over

Jim the Poet

Late on Guy Fawkes' Night-
No bonfires, no fireworks.
Stars in their thousands!

Thomas Connolley

Sun ray through last leaf
season change, as do our hearts.
Close the door again

Sue Henderson

 Nature's resin art
fallen leaves scatter
in a rain puddle

asa hanada

Cycling home at night,
I stop to watch the half moon.
Cheek kissed by the breeze

Thomas Connolley

Darkness until spring
Hope drenched as leaves wither
Border remains closed

Alexander Patton

Shorter, darker day
prepare an hour for winter.
farewell Summer Time

Sue Henderson

Composing haiku
A distraction at breakfast-
Burnt the toast again

Thomas Connolley

Blackbird acrobats
Snatch the rowan's red berries
A flying circus

Thomas Connolley

Sharp is the morning sun light
Brightens the cold air
Kissing brown leaves of wise oak trees

Maria Thieme

winter morning
tossing snow here and there
a maddened wind

Albert Schlaht

poem on the underground
stifled by a mask
my breathing calms

Annie Bachini

An old sleeping dog
opens its non seeing eye
looks and shuts it again

Peter Jordan

Our love is hanging from a washing line
dripping with passion and kisses wintry winds
dried with the first glimpse of June

Alichina

to the autumn winds
dead leaves rise and spring to life
a dancing cyclone

Iona Mandal

Learning to make peace…
beneath the ripples
shimmering koi

M. Y

Summer chooses blue
And creates with sea and sky
A changing canvas

Marion Plumb

Snow on the gate
I hadn’t noticed autumn
He is gone

Rachel William

 The thousands of ways
My small unremarkable tasks
Say I love you

Rachel Williams

Autumn leaves fall down
Many people pick them up
And they fall in love

Francesca Kearney

The season changes
No eyes to see the colour
Since virus outside

Ninja Cyborg

brilliant orange
summer sunset
already gone

Paul Griffiths

Ripened harvest cut
coming home to join us all
The football concludes

Sue Henderson

The sun-bleached months
Coffee cups and river walks
Visions of her hair

Chris Francis

Splashes of colour
among the tall grass waving
myriad butterflies

Anon

Tu me manques
Phoenix under le soleil
You're missing from my days

Anon

First day of marriage
Fluffy summer clouds
Perfectly shaped

asa hanada

 a warm summers day
I put on my late dad’s boots
to write poetry

Paul Conneally

the pages flip
through my white thoughts
—afternoon breeze

Paul Griffiths

The twilight years now spent
Our time is done
Our last race is run

Trevor Skingle

Films to watch this week.
The Shining? The Exorcist?
...Maybe neither

Anon

cherry blossom gone
blackbirds looking smugly plump
on the street, just pips

Mike Barrett

Blackberry bramble
Sharp spikes around my ankle
Fruit pie for dessert

Katie Meek

new neighbours
a thrush looks up at the feeder
no longer there

Annie Bachini

just enough breeze
to sway the hanging baskets
full of pansies

Annie Bachini

Many empty chairs
An unwanted guest arrives
So Quiet in the gloom

Doug Evans

The morning chorus
Fresh notes escape each bird throat
Warbling the new day

Nina Vinther

5886 miles and 8 hours apart...
his daily morning commute
into her sweet dreams

M.Y

first hot day
boys chasing pigeons
to make them fly

Annie Bachini

Green leaves come to view
When eyes open in the morn
Then always a screen

Simon Agar

little yellow tarts
too delicious for my heart
down with food coma

Leia

In running water
long-beaked herons and egrets
waiting for breakfast

Michael Galley

seasons slowly slide
green leaves growing brown and dry
wood smoke in the air

Michael Galley

Under rain soaked eaves
I ponder my journey
Sunshine fills my cup 

Origin Sake

first meeting
online friend and I
gift each other tea

M.Y

strips of coloured paper
dancing in the July breeze
the sound of the wind chime

anon

Raindrops on hydrangea
a kaleidoscope of
blue watercolours

asa hanada

Suddenly I saw
Perfection of the world
in a single rose

Patricia Mooney

Cushioned cocoon ends
Jobs cut. My lifeline severed.
Face future with hope

Angie Chan

Hedgehog then a fox
trot by two metres apart
Caught on night camera

Heidi

Long days and quiet nights
neighbours bask in the sun
balcony envy

Joy

Night-time blues linger
scrolling into the depths
of new normal dawns

Joy

人恋し小夜啼鳥の声澄みて

A nightingale
sings into solitude
like never before

Yoko Dochi

locked down for three months
the old computer and I
not compatible

Annie Bachini

Birds in my nowhere mind.
Why the heavy heart?
River sliding silently by.

Damon Rawnsley

夏のベリー
初恋の味
あー、食べたくない

Bean

A murder of crows.
In the absense of people
nature regains strength.

DL

Bonds of friendship bloom
Crafted layers of beauty
Like a summer rose

Gemma Bartram

Cherries, untasted.
Ripen, fall. Wasted. This year?
Red juice, sticky chins. Cherries

Vanessa

yellow dahlia
one flower faces
away from the sun

Annie Bachini

Social distancing.
Our nation brought closer
through support and hope

Dominic Seymour

Faces on a screen
Arms empty as autumn trees
Spring will dawn again

Gemma Bartram

Gliding silently.
Slipping through many past lives.
Moment to reflect.

Chris Loughlan

Oh scrawny carrot
You'll never know the Spring
You've put in my step

Chris Arning

Our quiet rest.
Has now passed. Chaos renews.
We are all shopping.

Simon Agar

hanami transcends
for they who trust come and go
a blue sky remains

hanami transforms
for they who seek atonement
the blue sky will come

Sue Henderson

Summer light draws down
Mint green nails working slowly
On the coffee cup

Chris Francis

Beauty is not seen
by the weary traveller
till now, time stands still

Christoph Sills

Rain sprinkles
Dampening dry ground
Earth fragrance 

Thaisa Hopkins

as sunlight slants
across the side of a fence
are footsteps lonely?

Alan Summers

Another sunrise
Birds chatter bells ring bees sing
Where did the planes go?

Jane Varnus

I cannot see this.
Things that I could never see.
Now see differently

Chris Loughlan

the white butterfly
disappears
in variegated ivy

Annie Bachini

There is still one thing
More contagious than Covid
Smile, kindness and love

Rachna Chowla

Carpet of bluebells
Rolling out before each step
Muddy footprints hide

Kate Lawrence

Shine on the same moon.
Sleepless swelling tide.
Mika is on the other side of the world.

Damon Rawnsley

June, Mother’s birthday.
If only she could see it.
Covid came to call.

Margaret Gordon

散った花春無く私夏を待つ

The fallen blossom
I am without the spring
waiting for summer

Lizzie (Elizabeth) Parkes

the sweetness
of his shampooed hair...
daily video call

Ceci Chui

bluebells
masks from a dear friend
arrive in the post

Asa Hanada

Autumnal dew
streams down with longing
in my strawberry icecream

Alicia S. Fernandez