Poem — Poem Though part of you is smashed to flinders by the unrelenting storm As you smolder into cinders we will keep each other warm

Haiku — Haiku You, as the elder Subsume my slim boundary This is your nature

Haiku — Haiku Lie among these jewels Die in detached radiance You have had your time

Haiku — Haiku Last year’s leaves are dust New pungency entices On this curving path

Rarely in balance Hope and despair, lovers still Awake to birdsong — Rarely in balance Hope and despair, lovers still Awake to birdsong

Wind off the Bay to take one’s breath As passing women speak of death — Wind off the Bay to take one’s breath As passing women speak of death Brief lecture at the Market stall Has left two people feeling small Lone expat watches, with a shiver, Pure white swans on Middle River On Sea Road, a shambling clown Enormous, ancient, lips turned down In…

Perhaps I cannot move  To you I stand immobile Let you handle me Endure your weight upon my unseen parts   Strange how my stillness Fools… — Perhaps I cannot move To you I stand immobile Let you handle me Endure your weight upon my unseen parts Strange how my stillness Fools you Watching you decline, I grow If nature triumphs in the end Then I will overtake you, slowly And I may Outlive you

Haiku — Haiku Your way holds power Thank you for guiding me here This is my path now

This time the storm caught me alone. — The Dryad This time the storm caught me alone. Within a hollow of wet moss, I let your body keep the sting away. It was not personal, but still . . . You kept me safe. So I must thank you.