Alone

 

A senryu for today

As one’s old friends die

Aloneness is the burden

Of declining years

Senryu Copyright © Res Burman 4th November 2023

"Interesting Times"

 “Interesting Times”

Our warm spell is over
And though it is Easter
“Heat or Eat” has become
The motto of millions!

“Warm the Human not the home”
Is the new catchphrase
As millions huddle under blankets
And sleeping bags just to stay warm.

This Energy Poverty takes it’s toll
On the poor and the sick
And the elderly
No matter who they voted for

We find we cannot eat the lies
That our Government feeds us
We cannot warm our homes or ourselves
On the broken promises that burn before us

And we’re told it will only get worse
And perhaps we deserve no better
When we allow the tyrants to prosper
And the dishonest to rule.

This is the cross we Britons must bear
Because we allowed those who should protect us
To fill their pockets instead
To guzzle at the trough of their own greed.

We have allowed Newspaper magnates
To do our thinking for us
And form our opinions and prejudices
Are we just puppets on strings?

We have lost control of our country
And our disinterest and inaction
Brings the old Chinese curse closer
“May you live in interesting times!”

Copyright © Res Burman 31^st March 2022

"November Eyes" a haiku

 November eyes drawn
Beyond the Chip Shop chimney
To where dreams are born

Copyright © Res Burman 4th November 2021

"Transatlantic Flight" a tanka

Transatlantic flight
Too high to be seen or heard
But she leaves a clue

Painted across the heavens
As she speeds towards the dawn


Copyright © Res Burman 22nd October 2021
 

"Maiden's Blush" a haiku

 Storm clouds blow away
Revealing a maiden's blush
On our horizon


Copyright © Res Burman 22 October 2021

"Morning's Light" a tanka

 Morning's early light
Ignores the sleeping Dragon
But shines down upon

The Lizard's windmills
And Goonhilly's listening ears


Copyright © Res Burman 22nd October 2021

"Storm Clouds" a haiku

Storm clouds gather
The sea takes on strange colours
Winter creeps closer

Copyright © Res Burman 21st October 2021

 

"Funeral"

The Church bell behind the chimney
Tolls
Pealing far and wide
Another Brother or Sister gone
The chimneys sit silently
Watching the souls of the dead arise


Copyright © Res Burman 19th October 2021
 

"Wet Today"

The clocks say
Morning has broken
But my eyes deny it
More like zero dark thirty
And the post lady's boots
Are going to be wet today


Copyright © Res Burman 18th October 2021
 

"Are You There?"

The blue horizon
Calls me yonder
Beneath one single streak
Of fire.... above my head
It makes me wonder
Are you still out there?

Copyright © Res Burman 17th October 2021

"Mist" a gogyoshi

 The mist kisses the windows
And the sun is but a rumour
Or a secret told shyly

From wet roof to wet rooftop
And chimney to chimney pot

Copyright © Res Burman 14th October 2021

"Acceptance" a haiku

 

We take the weather
As she comes... we have no say
Acceptance is all

Copyright © Res Burman 9th June 2021

"Remembered"

There may yet come a day
When good men are remembered
Not for daring deeds or mighty works
But for what they left behind
Maybe for the hearts they touched
Or perhaps for the trees they planted

Copyright © Res Burman 1st June 2021
1st Day of the Oak Moon
1st Day of the G7 Summit in St Ives Cornwall

 

"Waves"

The rain will wet us
And the wind will blow today
Waves to wash our sins away


Copyright © Res Burman 20th May 2021
9th Day of the Hawthorn Moon

 

"Blue" a haiku

It's a blue blue day
Enough cloud to cast shadows
On the shiny sea

Copyright © Res Burman 13th May 2021

 

"Fever"

The unforgiving eye of insomnia and delirium
Skittering among the dark trees of the bedroom ceiling
The cracks in the plaster portals to another more horrifying world
Eight days waiting for the correct medicine to reduce my fever
And fight this infection

While the Black Dog prowls among the dark trees... and howls
And in my stupor I cannot be certain if the howls are his or mine.
And the question most often asked is
Is this the way old soldiers are sent home to die?
Without even a Goodbye Kiss
Is this the way old soldiers are sent home to die?

Copyright © Res Burman 24th April 2021

Never fear friends. This is now old news!

 

"Glory" a haiku

 

Night gives way to day

Slowly and reluctantly

A Blaze of Glory

Copyright © Res Burman 18th April 2021

The 7th Day of the Willow  Moon

"Dawn Confirms" a haiku

The Dawn confirms
Cancer and Covid free
So far So good


Copyright © Res Burman 17th April 2021

 

"Treasure" a haiku

Silver enough
To fill my pockets
Pirate treasure


Copyright © Res Burman 15th April 2021

 

"A-sailing" a haiku

Is there enough blue
To sew me a Sailor's Suit
I must go a-sailing


Copyright © Res Burman 14th April 2021