Mike Gallagher
gentle June breeze
maple leaves
clatter
(Shamrock Haiku Journal Issue 11, 2009)
sudden shower
the bog stitched with
silver lame
(Shamrock Haiku Journal No 5, 2008)
reflections quiver
in the pool
willow branches
icy path –
hesitant hops
of a thrush
Shamrock Haiku Journal No. 31, 2015
in the grave
a memory
no more
thrush thrums snail's shell din-dins
(World Haiku Review, Volume 7, Issue 2, August 2009)
his first month
a learning curve
steep for all
fingers meet
found
the sense of touch
born early
impatient
like his dad
for him
shaking leaves
are still shadows
(Diogen 2012)
November breeze
a leaf
steps on my toe
(NeverEnding Story; First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog, 2013)
I mocked Death;
He winked back.
I blinked first
(WHR Aug 09)
butterfly dances
among the wallflowers
changing partners
November walk
above the storm's din
discordant crows
beneath the bridge
water churns
milk white
(Muse India June 2011)
through the snow
my footprints come
to meet me
(Frogpond, 33/2, Spring 2010)