Stephen Bailey Reads A Selection Of His Haiku

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
 
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2013 Haiku Invitational International Sakura Award

 
mountain wind . . .
what hunger is this
howling leaves?

unpublished

 
see it dance
entranced all its life –
a mayfly!

unpublished

 
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

A haiku series, with Japanese translations by Ikuyo Yoshimura
and Greek translations by Constantine Fourakis
presented in a Zoe Savina collage in Simply Haiku - Summer 2012