scaffolding 

all around the library

the plot left hanging

 lawn tennis

when the ladies raise their fists

who wins who loses 

 renku session

a butterfly follows a butterfly 

out to sea

 iran gets this straight

the mouse toys with

the cat’s yellow tale

 haiku are the 

droppings of a caterpillar 

becoming a butterfly

 beach guitars

we couldn’t play them

the girls walked

 tell me your tales

of the harbours of the world

where your boats rested

 pour me a cup

and i will make time

to sup with you

 coffee and poems

in the cafe above the sea

dreamy days

toy soldier

seduced by today’s parade

just cannot wait 

 ripening figs

bobbing enticingly 

in the rising wind

 a cliché

beat a rhyme to death

take that! and that!