Veils of Rain
From the Book of Seven Syllables
veils of rain
sparrows motionless
for once 538
squares of sunlight
a long ago comet
made of paper 539
dreary autumn
left over rain
bleeds away 540
autumn grass
a still life shines
in the rain 541
winter branches
bare purchase
for wax eyes 542
gully road
from the look out
autumn 545
dawn ice
passionfruit hugs
the north wall 546
autumn mist
night or day
does not matter 551
cold night
hedgehog snuffles
the cat bowl 554
street lights
the hollowness
of wind 555
lake view
black headed geese
show off 556
deepest winter
tonight's talk
about the fire 559
winter night
so cold chimney smoke
wants to stay 560
head bowed
into winter rain
scarecrow 562
lake edge
little stones
get shinier 563
this weekend
a three coffee
newspaper 564
sizing me up
like a photo shoot
dragonfly 565
checking me out
like a photo shoot
dragonfly 565 v (framing me up, using the view finder)
framing me
for a photo shoot
dragonfly 565 v2
zooming in
zooming out
dragonfly 565 alternate
cold grass
scratching the dead
graveyard trees 530
dawn service
the rain splashes
red breasts 531
a slow sky
winter leaf circles
the puddle 532
he boasted
of beating them all
a small service 537
dragging chairs
across the deck
winter wind 538
dragging chairs
across the porch
bitter winter 538 v
winter sun
a ringtone bird
turns heads 541
the rain
falls here
on me 549
in kowhai
noisy tui chorus
a yellow harvest 550
winter illness
Dad asks for fish
for dinner 553
the sun dips
losing expectations
of happiness 554
winter clouds
young birds poured
onto the day 555
(* renumbering)
pondering
the sodden field
a starling 592
winter lies
summer seems
so far away 593
turning quickly
to warm my shadow
winter fire 594
hard winter
magpies come
to my door 600
in this cold
feeling more than I want
toes 601
gray day
so still the lake
becomes the road 602
false spring
bend in the river
the reeds 603
a shoe squeek
on the floor
river coot 606
old boat shed
rusted up tight
ducks in the lee 608
old boat shed
rusted up tight
lee ducks 608 v
July & August 2017
© Steven Clarkson 2017
From the Book of Seven Syllables
veils of rain
sparrows motionless
for once 538
squares of sunlight
a long ago comet
made of paper 539
dreary autumn
left over rain
bleeds away 540
autumn grass
a still life shines
in the rain 541
winter branches
bare purchase
for wax eyes 542
gully road
from the look out
autumn 545
dawn ice
passionfruit hugs
the north wall 546
autumn mist
night or day
does not matter 551
cold night
hedgehog snuffles
the cat bowl 554
street lights
the hollowness
of wind 555
lake view
black headed geese
show off 556
deepest winter
tonight's talk
about the fire 559
winter night
so cold chimney smoke
wants to stay 560
head bowed
into winter rain
scarecrow 562
lake edge
little stones
get shinier 563
this weekend
a three coffee
newspaper 564
sizing me up
like a photo shoot
dragonfly 565
checking me out
like a photo shoot
dragonfly 565 v (framing me up, using the view finder)
framing me
for a photo shoot
dragonfly 565 v2
zooming in
zooming out
dragonfly 565 alternate
cold grass
scratching the dead
graveyard trees 530
dawn service
the rain splashes
red breasts 531
a slow sky
winter leaf circles
the puddle 532
he boasted
of beating them all
a small service 537
dragging chairs
across the deck
winter wind 538
dragging chairs
across the porch
bitter winter 538 v
winter sun
a ringtone bird
turns heads 541
the rain
falls here
on me 549
in kowhai
noisy tui chorus
a yellow harvest 550
winter illness
Dad asks for fish
for dinner 553
the sun dips
losing expectations
of happiness 554
winter clouds
young birds poured
onto the day 555
(* renumbering)
pondering
the sodden field
a starling 592
winter lies
summer seems
so far away 593
turning quickly
to warm my shadow
winter fire 594
hard winter
magpies come
to my door 600
in this cold
feeling more than I want
toes 601
gray day
so still the lake
becomes the road 602
false spring
bend in the river
the reeds 603
a shoe squeek
on the floor
river coot 606
old boat shed
rusted up tight
ducks in the lee 608
old boat shed
rusted up tight
lee ducks 608 v
July & August 2017
© Steven Clarkson 2017