New Year
from the Black Book Two
at new year
thistle heads
nod solemnly 608
appearing
for new years -
different crickets 610
are you sure
you lost it there
pukeko? 612
summer rain -
crystal drops
from every leaf 615
summer moon -
todays flowers
now one colour 616
low tide -
pohutukawa draw
pictures in the sand 618
last years thistles
stand a little taller
this new years day 622
this summers day -
even the yarrow flower
makes me smile 623
path rising
through lavender scent -
porch light behind me 625
beside the cherry -
blossom steps
all the way home 627
summer sun
shouting as they slide -
waterfall children 628
summer sun -
how cool
the forest path 630
behold!
sunset
on the waves 631
how lonely and clear
the night birds song -
no time for tears 633
though you know it not
cricket with your little song -
you sing for me 635
family gone -
summer flies
hum again 638
always running
in a conga line -
quail 639
coloured carp -
pond too murky
to see their glory 640
heat wave -
so hot the grass
dare not move 642
ah! how hot -
black sand
in the sun 644
weather turning -
cabbage moths and clouds
hurry by 645
drawing
a pine tree -
summer moon 646
waiting for the end -
brothers drink wine
to pass the time 647
caught by surprise -
the night sky
in all its glory 650
what peace -
to walk this path
once in sunlight 657
oh butterfly!
every flutter of your wings
a joy 658
From the Grey Book
at new years
heads split open -
agapanthus 1
cut down
purple headed thistle -
bees and I bereft 2
bird call -
passing clouds callously
cast shadows 3
always swimming
against the tide -
clouds 4
the walk
to Te Moenga point -
ah! the lake 5
howzat!
you hit the house on the full -
backyard cricket 6
sage flowers
turned brown -
the moth dallies 7
inclement weather -
gum leaves
fly before it 9
even in summer
mountain slopes white -
at dusk lilac shadows 10
young and old
shelter from the shower -
spider web endures 11
unfulfilled -
winds voice found
amongst the trees 13
red lily
beside the agapanthus -
how smug you are 14
will it die
if I do not hear its song?
Hototogisu 15
butterfly dream
why not moonlit blossom?
silly Chuang Tsu 16
that straw hat
would have helped me -
yesterday 17
old forest -
leaves
fall 18
distant mountains
at dusk -
my thoughts also 19
and
at dusk
distant mountains -
my thoughts also 19b
from nowhere
a birch tree
appears 20
dog
barking at the wind -
where has summer gone 21
tender shoots
wriggling through the boards -
at last: the sun! 22
if
a wet flannel could fly -
cabbage moth 23
the valley
full of sunlight, flowers -
it is enough 24
an even bet
the edge of the world
beyond that sunset 25
how surprising
oregano flower -
purple table napkins 26
from a distance
pretending to be clover -
oregano bloom 27
how like
a snowflake -
coriander flower 28
tall grasses
feathered heads -
through finger tips 29
All poetry (c) Steven Clarkson 2012-2014
from the Black Book Two
at new year
thistle heads
nod solemnly 608
appearing
for new years -
different crickets 610
are you sure
you lost it there
pukeko? 612
summer rain -
crystal drops
from every leaf 615
summer moon -
todays flowers
now one colour 616
low tide -
pohutukawa draw
pictures in the sand 618
last years thistles
stand a little taller
this new years day 622
this summers day -
even the yarrow flower
makes me smile 623
path rising
through lavender scent -
porch light behind me 625
beside the cherry -
blossom steps
all the way home 627
summer sun
shouting as they slide -
waterfall children 628
summer sun -
how cool
the forest path 630
behold!
sunset
on the waves 631
how lonely and clear
the night birds song -
no time for tears 633
though you know it not
cricket with your little song -
you sing for me 635
family gone -
summer flies
hum again 638
always running
in a conga line -
quail 639
coloured carp -
pond too murky
to see their glory 640
heat wave -
so hot the grass
dare not move 642
ah! how hot -
black sand
in the sun 644
weather turning -
cabbage moths and clouds
hurry by 645
drawing
a pine tree -
summer moon 646
waiting for the end -
brothers drink wine
to pass the time 647
caught by surprise -
the night sky
in all its glory 650
what peace -
to walk this path
once in sunlight 657
oh butterfly!
every flutter of your wings
a joy 658
From the Grey Book
at new years
heads split open -
agapanthus 1
cut down
purple headed thistle -
bees and I bereft 2
bird call -
passing clouds callously
cast shadows 3
always swimming
against the tide -
clouds 4
the walk
to Te Moenga point -
ah! the lake 5
howzat!
you hit the house on the full -
backyard cricket 6
sage flowers
turned brown -
the moth dallies 7
inclement weather -
gum leaves
fly before it 9
even in summer
mountain slopes white -
at dusk lilac shadows 10
young and old
shelter from the shower -
spider web endures 11
unfulfilled -
winds voice found
amongst the trees 13
red lily
beside the agapanthus -
how smug you are 14
will it die
if I do not hear its song?
Hototogisu 15
butterfly dream
why not moonlit blossom?
silly Chuang Tsu 16
that straw hat
would have helped me -
yesterday 17
old forest -
leaves
fall 18
distant mountains
at dusk -
my thoughts also 19
and
at dusk
distant mountains -
my thoughts also 19b
from nowhere
a birch tree
appears 20
dog
barking at the wind -
where has summer gone 21
tender shoots
wriggling through the boards -
at last: the sun! 22
if
a wet flannel could fly -
cabbage moth 23
the valley
full of sunlight, flowers -
it is enough 24
an even bet
the edge of the world
beyond that sunset 25
how surprising
oregano flower -
purple table napkins 26
from a distance
pretending to be clover -
oregano bloom 27
how like
a snowflake -
coriander flower 28
tall grasses
feathered heads -
through finger tips 29
All poetry (c) Steven Clarkson 2012-2014