overcoat shouldered
by the kitchen chair
last night’s warmth gone
October laneway
a planetarium
of fallen apples
time-jumping chipmunk
you were there
you are here
spring light
the shivering ivy
spits out a wren
nesting time –
the magpie returns
the branches to the tree
These haiku originally appeared in Shamrock ~ The Journal of the Irish Haiku Society Issues 30 and 32.: http://shamrockhaiku.webs.com 'nesting time -' was shortlisted for The Haiku Foundations 'Touchstone Awards' 2015