The Narrow Road to the Far Conference VI

No-one questions you?
This enormous silence shouts
louder than your talk.

The Narrow Road to the Far Conference IV

At the podium -
this room of academics
now almost silent.

On Forgetting and Surprise

Folded paper frog.
On its belly, characters -
forgotten haiku!

On Traces from the Past

Sepia on white
memories of past chapters:
old coffee-mug rings.

On Winter Writing

Sparrow in the snow.
A punctuation of tracks -
black ink on paper.

On Offprints

These wintery drifts,
papers heaped in my office -
how they fire my mind!

On Drafts

Faded grey toner.
Even the printer seems old,
exhausted by words.