nightly news
between my neighbour and me
a higher fence
Author: Marietta McGregor
Marietta is a botanist and journalist who has pursued various careers from palynology researcher, garden designer, parliamentary guide and visitor manager at an astronomical observatory to science and technology marketer. Having spent much of her life explaining things, she now tries to let them explain themselves while capturing some of the unique spirit of the Australian land.
float parade
the Apple Queen’s
flushed cheeks
lazy beach day
a blue crab’s raft
of bubbles
all the time in the world aspen grove
summer blues fest
long after sunset
cicadas jamming
day after day
the hints we miss
mountain cranberry
ripe mango
that delicious shiver
after rain
spring breeze
the happy wave
of long johns
iced melon
a granddaughter’s grin
overflows her face
a lone teal
circles the mallards
first school day
Tokyo metro
the ebb and flow
of frowns
(Originally published in Asahi Haikuist Network, 6/16/17)
backlit by the morning star blackbird song
Hanoi Warms Up
Early one morning I circle Hoan Kiem Lake (“Lake of the Restored Sword”) in Old Hanoi. The lake is a rich jungly green. In its centre
fish ladder that jump the heart makes
(originally appeared in Failed Haiku, an online journal of senryu, May 2016)
old vagrant his ring of sparrows