January 2011
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- Written by: Stephen Bailey
the wording
of her epitaph ...
spring tendrils
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spring tide ...
one godwit still
in flight
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drowning
in the rites of death ...
autumn dreams
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waning light -
the sea too flickers
with fire
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southern cross ...
ancient dreams seep
through the gaps
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making use
of the long drop ...
falling leaves
Simply Haiku - Autumn/Winter 2011
Haiku by New Zealand Poets, Past and Present - Selected by Sandra Simpson
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- Written by: Stephen Bailey
a pukeko
sounds out the depth
of night
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a bee
leaving itself
behind
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green fields -
the children of Tane
lie beneath
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cicadas ...
ancient ripples echo
among stones
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starry night -
my shadow hides
the earth
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hui tanguru...
a distant rumble now
the big bang
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night sky ...
its fullness empties
over me
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shrinking universe ...
hermit crabs assemble
in vacancy chains
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winter garden ...
the scent of a woman
awakens me
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kihikihi wawa ...
an acorn parts
from its cup
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summer shade ...
a cloud of birds
takes flight
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karakia
rising and falling ...
whaitere
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first light
for many a haiku ...
sticky note
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summer thirst
rain clouds settle
on my beer
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billowing colour ...
the swish of her dress
at dawn
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unfurling
within this stillness
summer clouds
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wedding cups ...
within each one
the other
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sixty-one summers ...
the stain of blackberries
his offering
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summer's end ...
juice of an elephant heart
drips from her lips
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cricket season -
pale apparitions
in the sun
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cicadas
grind away the silence ...
ripples on the pond
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tidal debris --
the ebb and flow
of words
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bowing down
an agapanthus bloom ...
summer fullness
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ancient tree ...
within the shadows
an apple rots