April 2015

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

plucked clean

the plumage of

concealment

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

into a river

the dark matter

between stars

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

within

the space of thought

pomegranates

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

ripening

on the ground

figs

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

a squirrel carcass

fills out

its own shadow

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

not quite real

lightning and thunder

while we chat

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

in sea roar

eyes distilling

stillness

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

for this world

a leaf and its tree

drift apart

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

my daughter!

for this moment

none younger

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

morning fog —

the flesh of shadows

cast by words

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

midnight sojourn

tap tap tapping

hidden springs

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

bows

of bobbing boats

to the moon

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

ahh! wide eyes —

the bubble of a word

on a baby's lips

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

moon, hill, mist . . .

I am

what I conceal

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

colonial fall —

every man jack

on his knees

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

shining cuckoo —

manifest destiny

on the prowl

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

star night —

just words mapping

the 'I'

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

word spell . . .

leaves conjure bird song

calling my name

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

secret room . . .

my shadow merges

into me

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

mid-autumn light —

from retrospective paintings

colour rustling

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

the weight

of softening rocks

at dusk

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

to the sea

the gathering rush

of the many

Details: Written by: Stephen Bailey

lights out —
shadows on the street
divining stars

EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2015 The Year of Light

Page 3 of 3