Calm

All seems calm
Windchime
says different

(Included in British Haiku Society Annual Anthology 2012)

Frost

First frost
breaking the ice
on the birdbath

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 21 Number 1)

Letter

I know what's in this letter -
That's why
I'm not opening it

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 22 Number 3)

Jay

Flash of blue
and black, white, brown.
Jay!

Coppice

In Clunton Coppice
Wood Warbler drowned out
by motorcycle

Castle

Two years on
scaffolding finally removed
from this castle

Giant

Cerne Abbas Giant
in need of
a coat of paint

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 21 Number 4)

Salisbury

View of the cathedral
from the queue
on the overpass

(included in British Haiku Society Journal Volume 21 Number 4)

Gift 2

Thank you cat,
but I have no need
for a dead mouse

(Included in British Haiku Society Annual Anthology 2011)

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)

Festival

roar of the crowd
clatter of hooves
torn up ticket

Pollen

Blue jacket
scarred
with tree pollen green