DARK SEEDS FALLEN - The Haiku Foundation · 2016-07-08 · Another book of haiku and senryu loosely...
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DARK SEEDS FALLEN
Haiku and Senryu by John Parsons
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Published by Labyrinth Press© John Parsons 2015
ISBN: 978 1 872468 84 6
PUBLICATIONSBlithe Spirit UKKokako NZKo Magazine JapanPresence UKTake Five Best Contemporary Tanka USABright Stars Tanka USARed Moon Anthology USAShamrock IrelandFrog Pond USIris CroatiaAtlas Poetica 25 Tanka Poets UK & IrelandNoon Japan.
BOOKS OF HAIKU PUBLISHEDChoosing The Stone, 2005On The Journey Home, 2008Overhead Whistling, 2010,In A New Garden, 2012So Briefly Here, 2014.
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Another book of haiku and senryu loosely extractedfrom the past year. The haiku are about nature, thesenryu are concerned with human nature and moreoften than not, humorous. Both, I consider, to be akind of jolt, a tiny shift, hopefully just enough to setone thinking in a slightly different direction. They are,as is so often said, meant to last the length of a single breath. Some have been published in Blithe Spirit, Kokako, KO and Frogpond.
I would like to thank Sandra Hill of Monkey Pressfor her invaluable work with the design and my
wife Mary for her continual support. I am blessed.
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dark seeds fallen honesty becomes more transparent
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from the roman blind on a shaft of cold sun the dead lacewing
brickweave through labyrinths of moss silver gyres of snails
last light in the valley a barn owl haunts rivers of mist
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evening woodsdarkness deepens beneath dogs mercury
again that slivermoon behind wind driven trees stills us
dead of nighta finger of moonlight feels her pulse
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things best unsaid I pick up stones with holes in them
white sun through mist she catches my smile and returns it
small unploughed meadowfringed gold that fleeting sense of all’s well
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silence of snowwe listen to the house grow smaller
cold city corner the down and out speeds up his carol
junk stallsso much of my childhood now collectible
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windy square xmas paper wraps a road sign then a leg
open lap top she yawns
edge of townthe Rest Home radiates faltering tracks
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any doorway is home the beggars dog
shepherds delight in my empty glass a touch of red
remembrance day we watch two minutes silence
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sycamore’s fan how easy to miss infinite change
strong winds a wren leaves quiver in the smallest of branches
lily buds sink unopenedall those plans I made
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burnt out heart of an ancient oak seedling elders
ox bowa heron’s neck folds over weeping willows
his rusted roofeach valley gathers last season’s russets
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bus queuegirl with nose rings answers a call
conductor gathersthe orchestra’s sound up then lets it fly
in out in out infant’s two note harmonica
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Bach fugue peeling the satsuma to a treble clef
early sunon the Buddha’s nose caught in a drip
clear cut night in a pollard’s Y the transit of venus
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his old house in disrepair memories still intact
frost hollows stark trees in mist I stretch stiffness out
New Years Day a turnstone checks under drifted leaves
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moonlit flood on the landing we pass in the night
low sunI rebuild a blackbird from shadows
sea front shelter asleep on bench her dog sleeps on her
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tulips hyacinthsdaffodils these days of short lived joys
coffee in morning sun steam spirals between small talk
horned moonthe naked pollard shivers a pool of quicksilver
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New Year’s window last gnat or first the ruined web
frosted bird bath just enough to crease sky
we talk of the past lichens on the swing
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padlocked in a bed of brambles the unused gate
dawn frostthrough threadbare sycamores a skein of pinkfoots
silent breakfastwe reach for words tulips snake across
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old rockerhis blow wave reduced to a widows peak
snorting salivathe great red bull eyes me with indifference
his postcard from Etna photo shop flames
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half moon milk skin from the cup on her lip
bedside clock new battery our hearts in sympathy
february sunthrough white washing she sings La Vie En Rose
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mid winter lifeboat house not a soul save us
cold sunvictim of gales old oak neatly stacked
mid januaryamongst pale rosemary flowers faded blue tits
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along breakwaters gulls rise and fall in rhythm with waves
winter porchinside the old fleece new cocoons
book case in surreal light wheel back shadows on Miro and Arp
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black winter soilham string nettles peel back bone white bulbs
through unkempt meadows setting gossamer free swipes of a stick
fresh soilmotion detectors on churchyard lamps
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never the same meandering paths of tears
wild crocusher slender shadow first thing
crescent moon clear cuts indigotheir tail lights curve away
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seeing it through every now and then a fly strikes glass
gold medallist ski jumper wings his anthem
winter church yard blackbird prints snow angels
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Parret floods swans float across zebras
after all these years that tiny key fits our suitcase
book sale he collects the smells
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into the arms of variegated holly two pied wagtails
breakfast alone after gales all the dead wood
first tortoiseshell sun briefly rests in its wings
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blue bells and daffodils the wren’s pipe
old war defencesa snake skin sloughed across barbed wire
we agree to differ in his cup half a biscuit
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spring sunshe walks the garden trailing filaments of light
faint whistle of wings a pigeon’s shadow brushes us down
early springa peacock spreads before tete a tete
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climbing the pollard old joints crack young limbs resonate
blue spring morning perfect skies but then the first brimstone
I zip her up brush her down she offers a cheek
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from a ‘No Right of Way’ sign the robin’s song
bus queue pink coat white fur collar the pomeranian
march morning floating through the house a note from Chet Baker
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from the beach a touch of sea in the child’s palm
river side thoughtsoccasional tracer bubbles nothing surfaces
that stone carried for years let fall on the shingle path
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plum blossom wind outmatched spirals of tortoiseshells
google earth littered with unloved trampolines
first cutin the mower’s path her sunlit smile
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dealer’s hat rimonce more a money spider claws its way back
in the windowa witches ball turns her inside out
stark black shadows on white walls accusations let fly
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water’s edgefrom a goldfinch’s beak droplets of light
foot steps in a sea of petals the old wall holds back
melanistic ladybirds we try each different angle
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all that DNA in the charity shop scattered on sun light
spring morningthrough the workshop door a curious bee
hawthorn hedge a common blue turns into sky
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limpid searolled over each wave her green eyes
between sacred oaks bushwhacked hollies search for the light
cottage for salesign smothered by last blooms of morning glory
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river’s heart the surface breathes vesicas of rain
last paddle steamer his ashes bloom in its wake
barely a ripplethe grebe stealth bombs passing fish
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for a split second high up swifts cheek to cheek
terminus cafe I join the others for the ride back
her long necklace its heavy heart swings dangerously close
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castle mound ranks of cow parsley face circling ox eyes
across the footbridge past the swinging gate the unused stile
patter of rainmay blossom lightens horse’s feet
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seafront sheltertwo old ladies a cross word between them
rooks muster buzzards rise wing tips spill curved air
Beer slipway the old salt fishes for solace
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BnBBodhisattva door stop loses a toe
heavy seashearts cut in cliff faces soften
derelict churchessynagogues mosques always a flying bird
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hail turns to rain her vacuum above I wash yesterday up
whirligig beetles we skate the surface of deeper thoughts
washed up deflated balloons happy faces shrivelled
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beside the roadside snack bar beef steak mushrooms
stately home fountain a few half hearted pennies
lone walkerby the lake on leaf green Constable’s touch of red
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stone bird bath a goldfinch sharpens its trill
a shadow across closed lids the pain we ignore
empty beachfrom a wind break the red kite feeds into sky
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upper case A shape shifts homebound geese
a garden of homes for things waiting
shafts of light barn conversion
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feeding the birds a butterfly comes to hand
long barrowbreaking through leaf skeletons mitres of bracken
old railway sleepers between each bolt a vestige of Rome
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baby blue tits in the bath queue takes a shower
Mother’s rose bowl memories fade as each petal falls
rain a thrush’s flecks darken
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vague mists of rain the solitude of bees
poet’s old desk my pulse echoes in the ink
white haze on spring air the wedding party leaves rice paper hearts
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Beatle scrapbook a sixties moth crumbles to dust
old guitarone by one strings break their own tuning
domes of silenceshe turns sound off for ads he closes a book
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fifteen years on we still see glitter in her carpet
luring us deeper the charm of snakeshead fritillaries
duskpumping through thunder heads tiny dark hearts of swifts
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outside the pub small boy talks to himself on walky talkies
boxed set we watch afternoon TV
new floral wellies every puddle a child’s stamp of approval
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evening air bobbing gnats pin point transience
under a stonewhere the key is kept springtails
development a lone stag horn oak marks the boundary
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tumbling through buddleias a sparrow examines leaf after leaf
hovering over the lake vibrations of terns take a chance she says
empty crab shell the crab’s body of sea
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city friendstraffic noise lends itself to the sea
our life together sparrows catching butterflies
seems summer’s just here already crane flies at the window
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yard saleall her starched lace goes for nothing
stunt kites boys tie knots in the sky
more and more lonely the yellow hammer’s cry over parched land
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sudden shiftblue hydrangeas lighten this heavy day
rain on the river silence flows into mouths of trout
old documentary mere shadows of lovers dancing for life
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where the beach hut was a few rusty nails and a door handle
once lovers we swim through cool waters a short distance apart
occasional tablewhere her flowers stood patches of seed
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where the beach hut was
a few rusty nails
and a door handle
once lovers
we swim through cool waters
a short distance apart
occasional table
where her flowers stood
patches of seed
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she tells meshe never loved her mother I hide my tears
by cyclists with tattooed legs his varicose veins
humid heat flying ants take off into swallows
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river’s bendon the curved reed damsels entwined
collapsed earth stars erupt firmaments of dust
artificial flowersshe brought before she died almost colourless
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hunchedwhere the spider left its skin
on the dresserher cups still moving out of time
in a bowl of sky above town ripples of buzzards
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those lost gloves waving from railings weathered to mittens
chains of small clouds thought bubbles
she phones in my open book flowers pressed when a child
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moment of rest peak of a climb the pigeon’s weight
strands of barbed wire prayer wheels of web trap winged light
mid day sun the resting herd switch tails
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discussing something above my head the pair of rooks
graveyard poppies memories of war dried to seeds
between pub wall and paving heartsease
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summer’s heightin tangled woods dark pools nymphs tremble
water lilies bloatdeeper sometimes we just have to let go
more and more this old printer takes time to kick start
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old wheelbarrow oiled before he died squeaks more than ever
satellite dishes on blocks of flats turn faces to the stars
outside Waitrose vanilla flavoured air
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reaching out to Buddha small pink palms of Japanese maple
autumn once more yellow sycamores wave from gutters
church notice board on a post it “there is always hop”
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daughter visitsI give her a fuchsia cutting rooted outside the pot
dark corner of woods in portals of sky ash keys
high boned mask eye to eye roe deer thicket deep
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couple who’ve fallen out he walks behind a large gap
blank postcards for sale each memory goes without saying
building site four small rooms sprayed on the ground
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under the old man’s hard pruned apple two small crosses
abandoned farmthe dung heap cockerel that broke free
old house on the cliff edge gate at the bottom
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sickle moon through ranks of sweet corn slides a fox’s brush
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JOHN PARSONS is an artist and writer living in Norfolk, UK.
AWARDS:
Runner Up, Hackett Award, 2005
1st Kikakuza Haibun Comp, 20093rd Klostar Ivanic 20092nd Winter Moon Haiku Comp, 2009
2nd Runner Up Ukiah Haiku Comp, 2010Aichi Prefecture Board of Education Award 2010Little Haiku Contest Eleven Equal Winners 2010Runner Up Klostar Ivanic 2010Basho Haiku Comp Runner Up 2010
Runner Up/Commended 3rd Kikakuza 2011Snapshot Calendar Runner Up 2011
1st Basho Memorial Museum Competition 20122nd/Commended Vladimir Devide Competition 20121st Klostar Ivanic 20121st Kumamoto City Award 20123rd Diogen Best Summer Haiku 2012 Take Five tanka anthology (two tanka) 2012
2nd Spring Haiku Diogen 20133rd Yamadera Basho Selected 2013Hon Mention Genjuan Haibun Contest 20132nd Place HSA Merit Book Awards (Kanterman) for ‘Overhead Whistling’ 2013Museum of Literature Award BHS 2013Museum of Literature Award HSA and best of issue 2013 Honourable mention (one of four) Akita Dew Haiku Contest 2013
Touchstone Award Frog Pond, 2014 An (cottage) Prize (one of three) 3rd Genjuan Haibun Contest 2014 Museum of Haiku Award BHS 2014Merit Award 25th Ito En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest 2014
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