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.
Sparrow Haiku
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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