Haiku
moon-glow
crescented by ferns
the ring of a barrel
on bamboo leaves
each droplet
a stretch of sky
spaces
between fence posts
how the magpies make them
mirrors
early
conversation
hard to tell the drunk
from the buddha
again I break it
with a thought
the sound of dandelion seeds
thrashing in the brier
after singing
about cocaine
the musician
forgets a Dylan song
beach-side
taverna
the sound of a lounge lizard
eating a barfly
chimes
gone
now a tattered string
streams in the wind
less washing on the
line
how all the clothes-pegs rattle
when one is removed
final birdsongs
the sound of games fading
child by child
Let US Pray: Free Verse: How To Move A Mountain, A Prayer, I
Never Knew You
About
B.T. Joy, UK (Scotland)
B.T. Joy is a
Glaswegian poet who received his Bachelor of Arts in Creative
Writing and Film Studies in 2009. He has written two volumes of
haiku: In The Arms Of The Wind and The Reeds
That Tilt The Sky, as well as having poetry published in
Obsessed With Pipework, Presence, Canon's Mouth, Paper
Wasp, Bottle Rockets, Mu and Frogpond. He has been an
administrator, a ranch hand, a writing mentor, a farmer and a
salesman; living and working in Glasgow, London and the USA.
This B.T. Joy's first
Sketchbook appearance.
