Gift 1

The grateful striker
rolls the wayward back-pass
into an empty net

Reminder

Gull's cry
transports us
back to the coast

Lyme Regis

Dipping our toes -
unseasonably warm
for October

Autumn

Brushing dried grass
from the golf trolley -
clubs go back in the cupboard

Song

After the shower,
the bubbling song
of goldfinches

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 21 Number 3)

Thud!

Thud!
A pigeon's outline
on the upstairs window

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 21 Number 3)

Spuds

Cutting the bad bits
out of potatoes
while watching the rain

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 21 Number 3)

Results

Good news from the hospital
Long-tailed tits
dance in twisted hazel

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 21 Number 2)

Spring

Sunny weekend
trip to the garden centre
same time next year

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 21 Number 2)

Seve

Remember Seve
smiling and punching the air
into eternity

Festival

roar of the crowd
clatter of hooves
torn up ticket

Pollen

Blue jacket
scarred
with tree pollen green

Sunset

Amber turns orange,
red to pink to purple
to black

Poster

Missing girl
looks out at me
but I can't help

The Past

What once was
What might have been
What never was

Ice

First Frost -
Breaking the ice
on the birdbath

Gloom

Grey sky again.
Struggling
for inspiration

Autumn

Tree

Single leaf
twisting
but not falling

Trees

Last week green
today
colours on colours

(Both included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 20 Number 4)

Celebration

Held by Spanish hands
golden statuette shining
in ticker-tape rain

(Included in British Haiku Society Annual Anthology 2010)