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Cyril Childs            

Cyril Childs was born in Invercargill in 1941, and has written haiku and related forms for over 15 years, and is a past-president of the New Zealand Poetry Society. He edited both of the NZ haiku anthologies published by the NZPS (1993, 1998), and co-edited Listening to the Rain (Small White Teapot Group, Christchurch, 2002). His own book, Beyond the Paper Lanterns - a journey with cancer, was published in 2000. He has judged three NZPS haiku competitions, and was co-judge of the Haiku Society of America's Henderson Award in 2000. His career as a scientist has given way to a busy life of leisure in Port Chalmers, a gem of a town overlooking Otago Harbour. Contact Cyril.


 

her hands ...
folding and refolding
a table napkin

 
the path's crack -
measuring my time
in this house

 
stormy August-
the first camellia
faces the wall


 

no name
for its colour -
tea-table rose


  

after the holiday ...
sand in my pocket

  


crisp blue morning
spring in the air
and the postman's feet

 


firefly viewing -
her feet ...
feeling for the path



 
puff of breeze -
the hollowed-out fly struggles
against the web


  
her breast
where the lump came out -
crescent moon



   
Shigenobu River -
moonlight
out of each stone



 

Publication notes:
her hands: The New Zealand Haiku Anthology (NZ Poetry Society), 1993.
the path's crack - : ibid.
stormy August - : ibid.
no name: Modern Haiku XXV#1 (US) 1994.
after the holiday ...: NZ Haiku Anthology, 1993.
crisp blue morning: Frogpond XV#2 (US) 1992.
firefly viewing - : The Second NZ Haiku Anthology (NZPS), 1998.
puff of breeze - : ibid.
her breast: ibid.
Shigenobu River - : ibid.

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