Weather

Hunched, tramp and heron
stare intently at ice and
review their next meal.

Bethlehem

Herod feared the birth,
Walls now prison the site, but
Love's message endures.

A year on

Darkness has lifted
Grief and spirit have retuned,
The tunnel's light, found.

Project fruition

Vocally brassy,
Stage fright acute, new actors
Psyche up to conquer.

Hedgerow

Shades...

Brave, remaining leaves

You too, will soon be cast off:

Our destinies touch.

Salt marshes

The wind reed-whispers,

gulls grumble, mud burps:

'marsh music' ....

shattered by jets.

Haiku

Sucked into quicksands
of memory, a life line
is given - of laughter.

East coast erosion

Waves corkscrew along

the beach, chewing the cliff's feet -

spitting its sandy gain.

Liu Xiaobo

Silence the words,
Lock up the speaker
BUT
The peace prize opens the cage.