1000 starlings 
 airlift
I - scuff my shoes.



Squadrons of daffodils
watching the traffic pass,
nod amongst themselves.



A Tulip-tree,
every year
I forget the proper name.



Honeysuckle growing
beside the busy road -
has its secret life.



A Grebe paddling  into view
makes the geese
- unnecessary.



flocks of white plastic bags
snagged on last year's brambles.

Martin Reed

is British, and aged 53. He is a writer/performer working in alternative theatre. Most of his output is related to re-creating the theatre, and also the everyday life, of various historical eras. Martin also sometimes aspires to be a poet, though sometimes he doesn't. Haiku is something that brought him back to writing after a long period away from it. He was re-inspired by Basho's maxim that 'poetry is higher than art'.

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