Oak-grown Mistletoe
Sickles in hand to cut it;
Druid priests at work.
Tag Archives: Haiku
The Lodger
Mr. McCafferty
Has a mind of his own.
But cats are like that!
Alfred’s Story-Haiku in 3 Verses
An apology. I think you have to be from Bristol to understand this posting well. If you are not from Bristol I hope you enjoy the words anyway.
Is Alfred still there?
Inside a glass display case
at the museum.
Who is Alfred then?
A Silverback Gorilla
Died at Bristol Zoo.
Of fright in his cage.
It happened in World War II,
During an air-raid.
A Bristol daughter – J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling, born
in Yate wrote Harry Potter
stories of magic.
Bristol – Afoot No. 5
At Corn and Wine Streets,
See and hear the Quarter Jacks.
Clockwork’s bell ringers.
Bristol Afoot No.4
Walk about Welsh back
Imagine sailing ships docked
readied for high seas
Stone Monuments
Stonehenge, Druid built.
A place to follow the sun.
Celtic genius
Bristol Afoot No. 3
Paramount Jazz band
Where Acker played clarinet
Bernard Stanley Bilk.
Unnoticed
The Sun shines through trees;
Brings life to the Woodland floor
Bluebells and fairies.
This One too – A Bristol son.
He’s Archibald Leach;
from Horfield to Hollywood.
The late Cary Grant


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