Haiku by Marilyn Humbert
rainstorm
the weight of water
on palm fronds
Presence Issue 73, 2022
broad acres
wheat chaff blots
out the sun
Presence Issue 74, 2022
first light
flocks of galah wheel
into dawn
Seashores Issue 8, 2022
dusk stillness
a water rat glides
between ripples
Wales Haiku Spring 2022
sunset flickers
through eucalyptus leaves
lorikeets return to roost
Blithe Spirit Issue 32.3, 2022
autumn sunset
rouged clouds drift
in fading blue
Blithe Spirit Issue 32.4, 2022
deserted house
empty swallow nests
under the eaves
Cicada’s Cry Autumn 2022
abandoned farm
native grass and kangaroos
return
kontinuum: kortárs haiku contemporary haiku
Vol 1 No 2 2022
sunset silhouettes
an emu herds chicks
across the floodplains
Fireflies Light Issue 25 March 2022
star-filled outback…
walking between shadows
so black, so defined
Fireflies Light Issue 25 March 2022
Bio –
Marilyn Humbert lives on Darug and GuriNgai land in Berowra, NSW Australia. Her tanka and haiku appear in many International and Australian journals, anthologies and online.
Photos –
View from Turner’s Lookout Trephina Gorge NT
Jimmy Creek Halls Gap Nat. Park Victoria
Camooweal Waterhole QLD
John Hayes Waterhole Trephina Gorge NT
Lake Lascelles Hopetoun Victoria
Akita International Haiku Network 