Patricia Reid writes: "I live in Brisbane, Australia on a street of aged camphor laurels. The first song in the morning and the last in the evening is that of the butcherbirds'. Their beautiful songs and improvisations overwhelm for me accounts of their 'butchery', but both exist. I have only recently begun to write haiku."
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yellowing fields
hovering not hovering
the nankeen kestrels
Publications credits: Paper Wasp (Australia); sundog haiku journal: an australian year (sunfast press 1997 reprinted 1998); California State Library – Main Catalog Call Number : HAIKU S852su 1997; Haiku Dreaming (Australia 2006); Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar (2010)
Award Credits: Runner-up, The Haiku Calendar Competition (Snapshot Press 2009)
rose petal–
ants busy themselves
among the thorns
yellowing fields
hovering not hovering
the nankeen kestrels
Publications credits: Paper Wasp (Australia); sundog haiku journal: an australian year (sunfast press 1997 reprinted 1998); California State Library – Main Catalog Call Number : HAIKU S852su 1997; Haiku Dreaming (Australia 2006); Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar (2010)
Award Credits: Runner-up, The Haiku Calendar Competition (Snapshot Press 2009)
So visceral! A great one.
Really fantastic!
I’m late as usual…
This is nice; it sounds great!