Wednesday 25 December 2013

#64

Christmas jingle bells

Crackers snapping, corks popping

Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!

Thursday 19 December 2013

#63

Waiting for the bus

Many wrong numbers come by

'Til I hit jackpot

Tuesday 17 December 2013

#62

Cold and frosty start

Warming up in the middle

Losing hope for snow

Friday 13 December 2013

#61

Science history,

Science fiction, science fact,

Science everything

Tuesday 10 December 2013

#60

A thousand coats reeking

Of failure and success

Just another quiz

Friday 6 December 2013

#59

At tunnel's start fine

At end raining fast and hard

Jog to journey's end

Tuesday 3 December 2013

#58

An autumn vista

Crisp brown fallen leaves covers

The ground across square

Friday 29 November 2013

#57

I don't need but want

To write haikus aplenty

It's just so much fun

Tuesday 26 November 2013

#56

I travelled daily

Through time but never through space

It was in my mind

Friday 22 November 2013

Tuesday 19 November 2013

#54

The cold winter sun

Heat not rays seemingly lost 

In the atmosphere

Thursday 14 November 2013

#53

Lost in a thick fog

No way to see what's ahead

Knife in the guts twists

Tuesday 12 November 2013

#52

Depressing drizzle

Relentless rain soaking me

My stomach feels wet



Tuesday 5 November 2013

#51

The storm swept on through

Like a raging bull possessed

Thank God it missed us

Thursday 31 October 2013

#50

Ghosts, ghoulies most foul

Will come out tonight to play

Make sure you’ve a towel


For they like to get

Their victims wet and to say

“You having fun, yet?”

Tuesday 29 October 2013

#49

The storm came and took

So much of what we had had

Thank God it left us

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Tuesday 22 October 2013

#47

In Information

Retrieval, we search and find

What a user wants

Thursday 17 October 2013

#s 46 and 46.1

Rising in the east,

The sun sets then in the west.

I can only set




It sets in the west

And then rises in the east

I am loathe to rise

Tuesday 15 October 2013

#45

The grey slate mountains

Littered with countless tiles

Like lost dragon scales

Thursday 10 October 2013

#44

Haikus are back, ist gut?

They never were very good

Just fun, nothing more

Tuesday 8 October 2013

#43

Wow.  My haikus died

My brain did stop going there

Maybe now it will

Saturday 17 August 2013

#42

From the viaduct

I see the prettiest scenes

While heading to smoke.

Friday 16 August 2013

#41

Is this the start of 

Everything?  The watermark 

Moment or nothing?

Friday 9 August 2013

#40

The freedom to be

A fool is not a freedom

To observe, my son


Unless it is in

Jest, unless it hurts no one

Keep from playing fool

Thursday 8 August 2013

#39

Dewdrops scattered on

Grass like melted diamonds: both

More rare and more known

Thursday 1 August 2013

#38

Lone daisy alone

Wishing it could form a chain

Folds upon itself

Tuesday 30 July 2013

#37

Haiku writing fun

This one is almost done but

Is it all correct?

Thursday 25 July 2013

#36

All bums in the air

Waving about with no care

Also without flair

Tuesday 23 July 2013

#35

Train clacking onward

Searching for the next station

Should be certain though

Thursday 18 July 2013

#34

Baking in the sun

Beating heat on everyone

Better than snow, though

Tuesday 16 July 2013

#33

"Not to be taken

Lightly," was a phrase he'd use

A feather slew him

Thursday 11 July 2013

#32

Mountain tall and cold

Frosty, lonely, eerie place

Why must I live there?

Tuesday 9 July 2013

#31

Can’t understand it

Don’t want to understand it

Need to understand

Thursday 4 July 2013

#30

Snowdrops keep falling

In my hair - why's the shredder

Pointed at my head?

Tuesday 2 July 2013

#29

Rows of empty chairs

Waiting to be filled with life

To help birth great work

Thursday 27 June 2013

#28

Owls in a snowy

Tree talking about the snow


When it starts to rain

Tuesday 25 June 2013

Thursday 20 June 2013

#26

The majesty of

Nature, the crown of Mother

Crushed by human boots

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Thursday 13 June 2013

Tuesday 11 June 2013

#23

River onwards wends

From break of day to its end

River wants a rest

Thursday 6 June 2013

#22

Clouds of daffodils

Dotted across lonesome hills

Ripping off on Will

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Thursday 30 May 2013

#20

Deep inside the tree


Its spirit awaits release


To play but briefly



An annual trip


A stretching of cramped up legs


Embraces with friends



Before returning 

Home to the heart of its tree

Until the next year

Wednesday 29 May 2013

#19

A new age or dawn

Started with a stifled yawn

And grew to dropped jaws

Thursday 23 May 2013

#18

Rocket from the moon

Full of astronauts and yet

Something crept aboard

Tuesday 21 May 2013

#17

Counting the money


Twice to lose all the mistakes

(Later shown mistakes)

Thursday 16 May 2013

Tuesday 14 May 2013

#15

A landscape of snow


Perfect, untouched, pure white snow

A painting, of course

Friday 10 May 2013

#14

A strange change in tone


May only be perceived but

Must be rooted out

Tuesday 7 May 2013

#13

Gathering stormclouds

Bring prosperity through gold

At the rainbow’s end

Thursday 2 May 2013

#12

A girl gone done bad


Mud all over the carpet

Cleans it up herself

Tuesday 30 April 2013

#11

A boy in trouble

Mud all over the carpet

Tries to blame the dog

Thursday 25 April 2013

#10

Snow lying deeply

For miles it sits serenely

Stranding me homely

Tuesday 23 April 2013

#9

"A haiku", you say?

"In that special form," you say?

"I cannot," I say.

Wednesday 17 April 2013

#8

Notebook and pencil


Used to create stories short

Then to pastures new

Tuesday 16 April 2013

#7

Lady in Barber’s


“Prob’ly a short back and sides”

Will she look like me?

Thursday 11 April 2013

Tuesday 9 April 2013

#5

A pig in a cage

Dreaming of a muddy field

Wishing he'd not killed

Thursday 4 April 2013

#4

Sweet deer in the wood

Looking for/becoming food

Pray for gun it should

Tuesday 2 April 2013

#3

Eyes of suspicion

Search deep inside him for it

Find all and nothing

Thursday 28 March 2013