Stephen Bailey
Born 1949 in Ararua, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Living in Ōtaki, Aotearoa/New Zealand
http://parallelpoems.com
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moonstruck –
a river wanders off
in a dream
Under the Basho 2013;
Right Hand Pointing Issue 95, February 2016
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the coolness of glass touching darkness
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more equal
than each other
summer clouds
Right Hand Pointing Issue 95, February 2016
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in our image the fog of war
Right Hand Pointing Issue 95, February 2016
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sand garden . . .
a chatter of leaves
come to rest
Under the Basho 2013; A Vast Sky - An Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku, Tancho Press 2015
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park bench -
yesterday's warmth
old news
Frogpond 37:2, spring/summer 2014
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dark energy
bird-like
the gravity
her mind
defies
moongarlic E-zine, Issue 4 May 2015
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a word
after a word
at war
afterwards
Bones no. 7, July 2015
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the stillness
after the birth
unravelling star charts
Prune Juice Issue Seventeen, November 2015
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crescent moon
a smile of benevolence
goes awry
Prune Juice Issue Seventeen, November 2015
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writer's block –
his reflection hogs
the limelight
Failed Haiku Volume 1 Issue 1 January 2016
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in spring
the leap from noun
to verb
Failed Haiku Volume 1 Issue 1 January 2016
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damped down
by unseasonal reign
failed haiku
Failed Haiku Volume 1 Issue 1 January 2016
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waking dream
my skin prowls my body
in self-awareness
Failed Haiku Volume 1 Issue 1, January 2016
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winter rain —
the space I am
still mine
Cattails, September 2014
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last cicada . . .
the silence crackles
around it
Cattails, May 2014
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lenten retreat . . .
a sparrow cocks its head
into silence
Cattails, May 2014
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step by step
my shadow anchors me
to the earth
Cattails, September 2014
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leaf by leaf
a lilac emerges
in birdsong . . .
Cattails, Premier Edition January 2014
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trickling stream . . .
stones at rest gather
smoothness
Cattails, Premier Edition January 2014
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ebb tide . . .
the undercurrents
of silence
from Only Connect (a haibun) Cattails, Premier Edition January 2014
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advent light . . .
the pendulum of shadows
creaks through me
from Obladi Oblada (a haibun) Cattails, September 2014
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midnight –
my lungs widen
with stars
Poet's Showcase Haiku NZ New Zealand Poetry Society, 2015
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a part across from a godwit’s carbon footprint
Bones no. 5, November 2014
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river fog –
a nameless ache
fills the page
Frogpond 35.3
Autumn 2012
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last rites –
I watch her eyes
let go of me
The Heron’s Nest
September 2012
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night of stars . . .
a child tiptoes
in the shallows
Notes From the Gean 4.1
June 2012
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morning prayer . . .
an orchid absorbs
the sound of bees
Multiverses 1.1
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tattered crow
flying at half-mast . . .
this chill wind
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
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echoing
the voice of God . . .
Bethells Beach
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
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waning light –
the sea too flickers
with fire
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
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spring tide . . .
one godwit still
in flight
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
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eye contact . . .
we breathe this mist
in silence
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
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moon viewing . . .
a slit of cloud
parts her eye
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
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autumn dusk . . .
the descent of light
into its past
from a haiga Simply Haiku Summer 2012
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just for today
the blossom that was
never mine
International Sakura Award, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2013
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mountain wind . . .
what hunger is this
howling leaves?
not previously published
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see it dance
entranced all its life –
a mayfly!
not previously published
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A haiku series, with Japanese translations by Ikuyo Yoshimura
and Greek translations by Constantine Fourakis beautifully presented in a Zoe Savina collage.
Simply Haiku Summer 2012
dawn
loosens sunlight –
drip by drip
imagine that . . .
the night unfolding
between stars
bread of life . . .
light enters through
a wormhole
fallen night . . .
the apparition of moths
weaving dreams
waiting room –
shadows lengthen
the queue
river fog –
the murmur of
fetal dreams