slow news day –
the French wasp
invades
 
 
bored with dental floss
                   cat retires
to wash
 
 
between two clouds
a darker cloud –
friend on the line
 
 
half moon
the pit
of his cheek
 
 
full moon
his glass
all head



* Helen Buckingham is the single representative Brit to be found in A New Resonance 5: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (Red Moon Press).