Sparrow Haiku by Sue Spiers

 

 


 

Sue Spiers is British Mensa’s SIG Sec for Poetry and her first collection is called Jiggle Sac. Her poems have appeared in Acumen, Dream Catcher, South Bank Poetry, among others, and on-line at www.inksweatandtears.co.uk and www.thelakepoetry.co.uk. Her work has been included in the Bloodaxe anthology Hallelujah for 50ft Women and in Paper Swans Press anthology Best of British.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thin smooth sparrows

dance on twigs and shrubs

mock big fluffy cats

 

big fluffy cats

trespass our grass to watch birds

leap at empty air

 

six sparrows feeding

following the scattered seed

make room for seventh

 

sparrow hops to spear

green sword leaves quiver his weight

berryless ambush

 

the fence that fell down

through hurricanes, now love-perch

sparrow on sparrow

 

breeze ruffles feathers

each quill resumes its smoothness

how neat is plumage

 

where are wild back yards?

attention to straight green stripes

as the sparrow flies

 

sparrow’s decibel

proclaim leaves: my nest

gutter: my perch

 

sparrows paired-up songs

still flirt close to roof lines

gutter nest boxes

 

sparrow lovemaking

she: making herself ready

him: hop on, hop off

 

sparrows perch or flap

brush wings, sit to hatch, nestle

handless – do not touch

 

 

Sue Spiers

 

From Plague – A Season of Senryu.

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