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
the coolness of glass touching darkness
more equal
than each other
summer clouds
Right Hand Pointing Issue 95, February 2016
in our image the fog of war
Right Hand Pointing Issue 95, February 2016
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
park bench -
yesterday's warmth
old news
Frogpond 37:2, spring/summer 2014
dark energy
bird-like
the gravity
her mind
defies
moongarlic E-zine, Issue 4 May 2015
a word
after a word
at war
afterwards
Bones no. 7, July 2015
the stillness
after the birth
unravelling star charts
Prune Juice Issue Seventeen, November 2015
crescent moon
a smile of benevolence
goes awry
Prune Juice Issue Seventeen, November 2015
writer's block –
his reflection hogs
the limelight
Failed Haiku Volume 1 Issue 1 January 2016
in spring
the leap from noun
to verb
Failed Haiku Volume 1 Issue 1 January 2016
damped down
by unseasonal reign
failed haiku
Failed Haiku Volume 1 Issue 1 January 2016
waking dream
my skin prowls my body
in self-awareness
Failed Haiku Volume 1 Issue 1, January 2016
winter rain —
the space I am
still mine
Cattails, September 2014
last cicada . . .
the silence crackles
around it
Cattails, May 2014
lenten retreat . . .
a sparrow cocks its head
into silence
Cattails, May 2014
step by step
my shadow anchors me
to the earth
Cattails, September 2014
leaf by leaf
a lilac emerges
in birdsong . . .
Cattails, Premier Edition January 2014
trickling stream . . .
stones at rest gather
smoothness
Cattails, Premier Edition January 2014
ebb tide . . .
the undercurrents
of silence
from Only Connect (a haibun) Cattails, Premier Edition January 2014
advent light . . .
the pendulum of shadows
creaks through me
from Obladi Oblada (a haibun) Cattails, September 2014
a part across from a godwit’s carbon footprint
Bones no. 5, November 2014
river fog –
a nameless ache
fills the page
Frogpond 35.3
Autumn 2012
last rites –
I watch her eyes
let go of me
The Heron’s Nest
September 2012
night of stars . . .
a child tiptoes
in the shallows
Notes From the Gean 4.1
June 2012
morning prayer . . .
an orchid absorbs
the sound of bees
Multiverses 1.1
tattered crow
flying at half-mast . . .
this chill wind
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
echoing
the voice of God . . .
Bethells Beach
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
waning light –
the sea too flickers
with fire
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
spring tide . . .
one godwit still
in flight
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
eye contact . . .
we breathe this mist
in silence
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
moon viewing . . .
a slit of cloud
parts her eye
Simply Haiku Autumn/Winter 2011
autumn dusk . . .
the descent of light
into its past
from a haiga Simply Haiku Summer 2012
just for today
the blossom that was
never mine
International Sakura Award, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2013
mountain wind . . .
what hunger is this
howling leaves?
not previously published
see it dance
entranced all its life –
a mayfly!
not previously published
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