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Haiku by Beverley George
(Australia)

undulating
on rump of plodding cow -
black bird

cormorant
bobs up
in front of itself

unpegging sheets
I wish I could carry
the breeze inside

too much sky
where the two pines
were

white fence ~
a sparrow hops
picket to picket

a caterpillar
rears on a vine leaf ~
chorus line of legs

grey sea ~
the girth
of headland

old forest
a winged seed spirals
through warm air

autumn chill ~
a rusted hull noses
into mangroves

clanking billy
the mist draws
eucalypts together

autumn hillside
the vixen
lifts a curled paw

"Shingle-Splitters Creek"
we spread the plaid rug
under an ironbark

rusted tractor -
a crow startles
from pale stubble

country graveyard -
a weathered sundial
tells the time

close of day -
an egg and streaky bacon
in the blackened pan

poker-necked
a cormorant folds
fanned wings

a dry leaf scuds -
your letter cracks
along the fold

beneath the paper bark
a huntsman folds itself
higher

cry of a moorhen
weighty
in black air

I peg the clothes
on either side of weaver's silk -
glinting sun

noisy miner -
a boy whistles
through a gum leaf

storm cloud -
the yellow gleam
of a crow's eye

garden plot -
the name tag of the plant
that died

seven years on -
the scent of her soap
in the linen press

winter oak ~
the moon lights
a ragged nest

moonlit shore ~
a rock floats
in a tide pool

fancy dress night ~
our bitzer cat
looks away

scent of apple gum
the nesting wasp sets a lid
on the amphora

hose-fight ~
suddenly remembering
we wear spectacles

train tunnel -
the sudden intimacy
of mirrored faces

lengthening shadow . . .
above her eggs the hen's heart
beats against my arm

sprigs of rosemary
something about the tea urns
makes me cry

under the wisteria
his old cane chair
unravels

failing eyesight -
we sing only the carols
we know by heart

retirement -
an op-shop dummy
wears my suit

sudden chill
a swirl of fallen leaves
among the wreaths

frosty morning
a lorikeet's call
scratches the air