Thin branch
Bird holds on
Tightly
Crescent moon
Harbour reflects
Tranquil sky
Tea shop
I stop for a cup
Of contentment
Birdsong
Banishes the silence
Of night
©Alan McKean
Category: Haiku
A clutch of haiku
Transitory moon
Travelling through shades of cloud
Carrying stories
New year
The gods roll the dice
Playfully
Impatience
A meeting of hearts
He is late
Dark nights
Cold stars
May bring snow tomorrow
haiku – 2nd January 2026
Stranger rest awhile
Enjoy our peaceful home at
Fionnphort on Mull
Uisken, Bay of Peace
Sea and rock in harmony
Tranquillity here
See the sleeping cat
Legs akimbo, claws at stretch
Do you think I’m cute?
My cat looks at five
More dimensions than I do.
Why am I not phased
Seventeen short sounds
The story covered in full
By just three short lines
Pennine Butterfly
pennine butterfly
resting on hot summer's day
cooling open wings
Norfolk Sunset
River Yare, Brundall, Norfolk ©Alan McKean
a Norfolk sunset
reflecting the warmth of day
catching a shadow
Papa Oscar Echo Mike
A poem by me
Hotel
Alpha
India
Kilo
Uniform
( a bit of fun, playing with haiku format)
Schrödinger’s Poet
Schrodinger’s poet
If people can’t see my words
Do my words exist?
Enough
Please remember that
A poem is as long as
It is meant to be.