night hunt
a dingo’s howl
calling in Orion
wanda amos
picnic lunch . . .
a feast of bird song
in a forest glade
Elaine Riddell
Continue readingAustralian Haiku
night hunt
a dingo’s howl
calling in Orion
wanda amos
picnic lunch . . .
a feast of bird song
in a forest glade
Elaine Riddell
Continue readingisland nest
a black swan sips
the moon
Robyn Cairns
moonlight
silvers the estuary
silvers the boatman’s tongue
Lorin Ford
night market
the scent of Belgian waffles
and Aussie ocean
Louise Hopewell
midnight visitor
the moon
tethered to a chimney
Lynette Arden
a sudden cloud
darkens the sea
moonbirds returning
Judith E.P. Johnson
last light
a silver sky swallows
a silver gull
M. Faz
eventide—
a murmur of pigeons
folds the night
Madhuri Pillai
heralding the moon
a soft glow behind the ridge
Simon Hanson
first stars through the window the scent of wild jasmine
Mark Miller
boronia buds
a chink of moonlight
in the broken vase
Gavin Austin
a gate left open wind among the gravestones
Cara Bruar
bush grave
a droop of dandelions
in a jam jar
Jan Dobb
held in a mist
of white butterflies
the scent of lavender
John Low
controlled burning
in Spring stillness
hazy horizons
Carol Reynolds
leaving time behind
as he goes into care
all dad’s clocks
Bill Wootton
rippled sandstone
lapping an ancient shore
an ancient moon
Simon Hanson