January 2011

summer shade ...
a cloud of birds
takes flight

kihikihi wawa ...
an acorn parts
from its cup

winter garden ...
the scent of a woman
awakens me

shrinking universe ...
hermit crabs assemble
in vacancy chains

night sky ...
its fullness empties
over me

hui tanguru...
a distant rumble now
the big bang

starry night -
my shadow hides
the earth

cicadas ...
ancient ripples echo
among stones

green fields -
the children of Tane
lie beneath

a bee
leaving itself
behind

a pukeko
sounds out the depth
of night

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

southern cross ...
ancient dreams seep
through the gaps

waning light -
the sea too flickers
with fire

drowning
in the rites of death ...
autumn dreams

spring tide ...
one godwit still
in flight

the wording
of her epitaph ...
spring tendrils