Jan Dobb
Jan Dobb
almost dawn
a heron fluffs the stillness
into itself
Commended, Katikati Contest (NZ) 2012
sunrise
the yellowing wattles
lean a little
Highly commended, Katikati Contest (NZ) 2014
season’s end
the colours of rust
in a scrap yard
Commended, Polish International Haiku Competition, 2013
windswept sky
a collie on the hillside
shifting sheep
Commended, Sharpening the Green Pencil Contest, 2014
one lone cloud
a curl of duck-down
sails the lake
1st prize, Perth City Library Haiku Competition (Australia), 2014
carillon chimes
the lake’s stillness measured
in quarter hours
A Hundred Gourds 1:1 December 2011
opera in the park
Queen of the Night soars
with the fruit bats
A Hundred Gourds 1:4 September 2012
jutting rocks
the boom of a breaker
toppling upwards
A Hundred Gourds 2:4 2013
fast train north
a mob of tree trunks
dashes south
A Hundred Gourds 3:1 December 2013
grey day
from a ladle the colours
of vegetable soup
cattails, January 2015
heatwave
the grasses burst into
firetail finches
cattails, January 2015
open blinds
the moon’s glow
behind closed lids
Chrysanthemum 12, October 2012
election day
children in the park
ride the seesaw
The Heron’s Nest XV:4 December 2013
high country
pairs of kangaroo ears
pin down the sky
The Heron’s Nest XVI:4 December 2014
wandering bee
the intermittent buzz
of a chainsaw
Kokako 16, April 2012
through a window
the colours of falling leaves
eulogy
Kokako 17, September 2012
slow afternoon
dozing in the dapples
a tortoiseshell cat
Mainichi, September 24, 2012
winter day
white sun flies through
cockatoo wings
Notes from the Gean 2:2, September 2010
river’s edge
buildings a century old
anchor the town
Notes from the Gean 2:4, March 2011
rainstorm gone
the dripping stillness
of green air
Notes from the Gean 3:2, March 2012
grey evening
galahs in a gumtree
provide the pink
paper wasp 18:1, March 2012
happy birthday
the cat brings a mouse
without the gift wrap
paper wasp 18:2, June 2012
onshore wind . . .
in waves of wild grasses
a derelict boat
paper wasp 19:1, March 2013
long breath
a python flows from
its knot
Shamrock 21, March 2012
campground
the yellow squares of grass
where summer was
Windfall : Australian Haiku 1, December 2012