Saturday 25 November 2017

Watching

Watching 


Watching 
Sea creatures
Of the deep on TV
In awe of their complexity
They build a community
These tiny fish 
Coloured with intellect
Yet humanity's disconnect
Puts them on plates
Eating
The stills of reality.



Copyright LJ 2017





Thorns Haiku




Saturday 4 November 2017

Fireworks Haiku

    
    Man-made shooting stars
    Bend their sparkling willow leaves 
    Bow before the Moon
 


                     Copyright LJ 2017

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Milk

Milk


Get up little one
I've licked you clean
You can stand now
Stand by me.

Your eyes are mine
My milk is yours
Take shelter
Under me.

I call to you
Because the men
They take you
Stay with me

And on my own
All I know then
Is the space where
You should be.
 
Copyright LJ 2017

In the clearing

The forest was swollen with water.  Branches stirred swamped bases And moorhens made homes in brown bramble Puddles surrounded with mud. But...

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