Haiku (9) Written In Balquiddher Glen Poem by Sheena Blackhall

1.Sharing the melon
So mouth-watering, so juicy,
The small piece is yours

2.Methodist urine
By being alcohol free
Once prized by weavers

3.Milk bottle in snow
The silver lid has risen
A dairy Jesus

4.Mould creeps up the walls
Forest reclaims the hut
Green, begetting green

5.Dog pee circles a post
The animal as anarchist
Frowning the aphids

6.Cricket sings in the grass
Stone is deaf to sound
But leaf is trembling

7.Mud pie and hopscotch
The stinging bite of the tawse
A Scottish childhood

8.Backfiring exhaust
An Irish tutor shaking
Troubles’ legacy

9.A bandage for Death?
That’s no way to mourn a friend
Air your wounds and howl