As Yet Unused

These haiku are yet to be used.

Broken syringes

Wreak of Afghani fields

Creation is lost

 

Four moons in the west

The eagle and the huntress

Prepare for battle

 

Hard stone, Pennine grit

Earth gives up its solid past

Old feet passed this way

 

Bland clouds carry rains

Finger bone tree holds no leaves

A storm closes in

 

Eastern hill sun rise

Two lonely pylons stand still

The day has begun

 

Paved track cuts damp peat

Across a wild open moor

Leading to the coast

 

Granite guardian

Marking the passage of ships

Against the sea's rage

 

Death in the sunshine

A pristine white wall bloodied

And it still goes on

 

Back garden feeder

Inundated by dunnocks

Wildlife is real life

 

Full moon, misted air

Barn owls call, barn owls respond

On a silent night

 

Dark storm clouds threaten

Coble on a wrecking sea

Gulls circle, restless

 

Through a glass window

Goldfinch, blackbird and sparrow

Witter endlessly

 

White spottings of snow

Drifting in a hard cold wind

Across a wild moor

 

Walking through spring trees

Moonset over the north lands

Searching for the day

 

Unblemished smooth sand

Footprints written yesterday

Gone to meet the past

 

Wind drifts on the Ouse

Sun shines on the nest making

Songs float on the air

 

Voices dance in threes

Passers by pass on by

A waltz in two four

 

Five sentinels stand

Observing time's passage

Waiting for the sun

 

Giants whirl their arms

Taking goodness from the air

Feathers from the wind

 

In fields of rapeseed

She lies in her nakedness

Awaiting the end