shallow breathing
the pulse of the moon
haunts me still

*

how heavy
the scent of rain
longing for home

*

between clouds
the blue notes
of a skylark

*

past midnight
she rocks her new doll
to sleep

 

 

Christine Eales lives in Surrey, UK. She loves writing haiku and children’s poetry. Some of them have been published in magazines and anthologies, including Modern Haiku and Frogpond. When she is not writing poetry she loves making truffles.