giving up gluten
tasting all the subtle flavours
of cardboard
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giving up gluten
autumn lingers
autumn lingers
the tips of my fingers cold, still,
after washing
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Haiku Commentary post
Just a heads up to let you know that I have posted the commentary post on the last fortnight’s poems over at my substack here.
on the bank
on the bank
of the Tenma River
giant oleanders
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Genbaku Dōmu
Genbaku Dōmu
children’s voices carried
on the wind
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tearful hush
tearful hush
we shuffle past the
blast shadow
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easter weekend
easter weekend
only the gluten-free
buns left
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in the torchlight
in the torchlight
the silent wingbeats
of the barn owl
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autumn deepens
autumn deepens
each night another cat
joins us on the bed
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half a tooth out
half a tooth out
does the tooth fairy
pay pro rata?
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鵲の歌 / Magpie Song 