David J Kelly
Born in 1963 in Middlesex, Greater London, UK.
Currently resident in Dublin, Ireland.
David J Kelly is a scientist by training (PhD in Zoology), but has been fascinated by the music of language for longer than he can remember. His main hobbies are birds and words. David’s first collection, Hammerscale from the Thrush’s Anvil (Alba Publishing), was published in November 2016.
on the skeletons
of the storm-ravaged oak trees
moss, lichen, ivy
Blithe Spirit 22.2, May 2012
Christmas morning
the earth as hard as iron
two mice in one trap
Blithe Spirit 23.1, February 2013
ground frost …
liquid bird songs
trickle past the curtains
Kokako 20, April 2014
fog
frond …
drop
Haiku Canada Review 9.2, October 2015
autumn’s advance
decaying shadows
riddled with light
Paper Wasp 21.1, Autumn 2015
at this fallen tree
a silent undertaking …
the work of woodlice
Blithe Spirit 25.3, August 2015
winter woodland
the sun returns
to its roots
Frogpond 39.1, winter 2016
still-born lamb
a croak of darkness
descends
Blithe Spirit 25.2, May 2015
flash flood
the leopard tortoise
turns turtle
A Hundred Gourds 5.1, December 2015
fly …
from noun to verb
and back
Frogpond 38.3, Autumn 2015
rook … rook … rook
all along the fence
one peck apart
Blithe Spirit 25.4, November 2015
a stronger wind
the hillside drifts
into autumn
Hedgerow 48, September 2015
( ( ( (frog) ) ) )
Brass Bell, April 2016
oarless, rudderless
just an ordinary leaf
drifting out to sea
Haiku Journal 43, 2016
reaching out
to touch the void
snake’s tongue
Heron’s Nest vol. XVIII no. 3, September 2016
no weather vane
above the church tower
a crescent moon
Presence 56, October 2016
mass shooting spring on an industrial scale
Frogpond 39.2, Autumn 2016
next to nothing
in the bright summer sky
day moon
The Zen Space: Summer 2016
almost a secret
the whispering of light rain
behind closed curtains
Mayfly 61, July 2016
dusk arrives slowly
snails climbing the walls
of the allotments
Blithe Spirit 26.3, September 2016
salmon ladder …
the small steps that make
a giant leap
Blithe Spirit 26.3, September 2016
confidently entering my bedroom summer dawn
Wild Plum 2.2, Fall/Winter 2016
footloose
a young foal
learning to balance
Kokako 25, September 2016