Reclaimed
From the Book of Seven Syllables
brown frog
on turtle shell
netsuke 182
azalea blooms
unable to shake
this cough 51
June bee
honey will taste
of raspberries
summer afternoons
children's games making
crop circles
autumn rain
the occasional nod
of a leaf
moon light
my house
smiles back
flock of birds
autumn wind
blows awry
I miss a meal
to have tulips
in spring
cold stars
grass cracks
underfoot
mountain mist
each footfall
into nothing
spring day
tonights stars
gather to see it
spring cloud
the unevenness of
her writing
black suit
for the funeral
its all I have
confetti breeze
married once more
in blossom
children's cheeks
pink with running
cherry blossom
the boulevard
floats in blossom
this winter road
pohutukawa
bird song trickles
through leaves 120
brown water
the sun struggles
to copy lilies 125
cutty grass
I am too slow
to bother it 134
Mt Karioi
a few more steps
to Shangri-La 136
Mt Karioi
a copper coin buys
a butterfly 137
summer days
spent swirling
Japanese maple 139
coming rain
a blackbird caws
its intentions 143
New Years eve
fireworks fall
into tomorrow 147
morning sun
rising from
a mountain bed 151
cicadas doze
the winds caress
like fingertips 152
summer heat
men bundle straw
to make shade 161
morning
summer clouds
shadow water 183
heatwave
bumble bee nudged
by my foot 184
Whakaipo bay
crackling in the heat
acacia pods 185
weaving between
summer daisies
sheep track 186
edge of summer
the spade turns
another sod 190
summer storm
all living things
comply 192
ancient water
moving through
seasons 193
butterflies sink
an afternoon made
of somnolence 194
bird song
caught up in
summer memories 195
summer storm
I count
the seconds 197
dusk
meadow shapes
go home 202
mountain valley
mist obscures
nothing 203
Sunday morning
treeline congregation
cicadas 206
days of rain
the death lily
does not complain 208
rose blooms
scent recalls
home 209
summer heat
a waterfall
of leaves 214 Hamilton Gardens to 228
weight
of the sun
branch drinks deep 215 v
over the threshold
cicada song
changes 217
a wilting path
walking through
bamboo twice 218
in shade
China's wall
cracks a tile 219
sunshine
the arched back
of the bridge 221
at the bridge
waiting for lilies
dragonfly 222
summer heat
spiders webs move
sunlight along 224
blue seeds
leaves eaten
by their colour 226
echos through
Mughul gate
too many paths 227
are those orchids?
summer vines
confuse the issue 228
princess and the pea
sheep poo
in my shoe 229
June and July 2016
All poetry © Steven Clarkson 2012-2016 (no reproduction or other use of any work in whole or in part without prior written permission from the author)
From the Book of Seven Syllables
brown frog
on turtle shell
netsuke 182
azalea blooms
unable to shake
this cough 51
June bee
honey will taste
of raspberries
summer afternoons
children's games making
crop circles
autumn rain
the occasional nod
of a leaf
moon light
my house
smiles back
flock of birds
autumn wind
blows awry
I miss a meal
to have tulips
in spring
cold stars
grass cracks
underfoot
mountain mist
each footfall
into nothing
spring day
tonights stars
gather to see it
spring cloud
the unevenness of
her writing
black suit
for the funeral
its all I have
confetti breeze
married once more
in blossom
children's cheeks
pink with running
cherry blossom
the boulevard
floats in blossom
this winter road
pohutukawa
bird song trickles
through leaves 120
brown water
the sun struggles
to copy lilies 125
cutty grass
I am too slow
to bother it 134
Mt Karioi
a few more steps
to Shangri-La 136
Mt Karioi
a copper coin buys
a butterfly 137
summer days
spent swirling
Japanese maple 139
coming rain
a blackbird caws
its intentions 143
New Years eve
fireworks fall
into tomorrow 147
morning sun
rising from
a mountain bed 151
cicadas doze
the winds caress
like fingertips 152
summer heat
men bundle straw
to make shade 161
morning
summer clouds
shadow water 183
heatwave
bumble bee nudged
by my foot 184
Whakaipo bay
crackling in the heat
acacia pods 185
weaving between
summer daisies
sheep track 186
edge of summer
the spade turns
another sod 190
summer storm
all living things
comply 192
ancient water
moving through
seasons 193
butterflies sink
an afternoon made
of somnolence 194
bird song
caught up in
summer memories 195
summer storm
I count
the seconds 197
dusk
meadow shapes
go home 202
mountain valley
mist obscures
nothing 203
Sunday morning
treeline congregation
cicadas 206
days of rain
the death lily
does not complain 208
rose blooms
scent recalls
home 209
summer heat
a waterfall
of leaves 214 Hamilton Gardens to 228
weight
of the sun
branch drinks deep 215 v
over the threshold
cicada song
changes 217
a wilting path
walking through
bamboo twice 218
in shade
China's wall
cracks a tile 219
sunshine
the arched back
of the bridge 221
at the bridge
waiting for lilies
dragonfly 222
summer heat
spiders webs move
sunlight along 224
blue seeds
leaves eaten
by their colour 226
echos through
Mughul gate
too many paths 227
are those orchids?
summer vines
confuse the issue 228
princess and the pea
sheep poo
in my shoe 229
June and July 2016
All poetry © Steven Clarkson 2012-2016 (no reproduction or other use of any work in whole or in part without prior written permission from the author)