December 13, 2008 at 8:05 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Tags: birds, courting, crow, dance, murder, ravens
#1
looking out my window
courting birds dance on branches
as the ravens caw
#2
a crow’s plaintive caw
calling across the grey sky
his murder swoops in…
May 8, 2008 at 12:42 am | In haiku, library, music, poetry | 1 Comment
Tags: Be not hospitable to strangers, dance, haiku, library, Marcus Clarke, music, poetry, Redmond Barry, The future of the Australian Race

haiku #1
All aboard the train
Groove to your favourite tunes
Feet tapping in time…
haiku #2
random encounters
with faceless strangers exchanged
for a life with me
haiku #3
past passed security
throbbing bass in the darkness
you are the music
Inspired this morning to write three quite different haiku. Writing on the train is always a challenge. My thoughts are so random. Often the music I am listening too shapes the haiku. I might try writing to a theme as Scot does at Be Not Inhospitable to Strangers. He wrote a Jamaican Trilogy.
Last night I went to see The Future of the Australian Race. I can recommend it for you library types and those of you interested in ideas. Wonderful, set, performance and writing. Who knew a play about bohemian librarian and conservative judge could be so riveting. We donated about 300 discarded bound exam papers to the writers and they looked wonderful on set. We get a mention in the program.