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Elaine Riddell                            


Elaine Riddell lives in Hamilton and thought she had retired from teaching, but continues to work casually in a variety of education-related jobs. She enjoys writing haiku, tanka and other poetry and her work has been published in journals and anthologies in New Zealand and overseas. Awards include second place in the moonset haiku competition (spring/summer 2008) and second in the Katikati Haiku Pathway Contest, 2008. Contact Elaine.


 

longer days spark growth
below ground the bulbs switch on -
daffodils shed light 
 

 
gusty wind
barley heads sweep
in a mexican wave 

 
first white butterfly
my cabbages
not yet planted 

 
moonlight
the stream flows from shadow
to shadow 

 
along the road
every farmhouse
marked by blossom  

 
warm darkness
the mouthing of the tide
moving over stones 
  
  
building site
yesterday’s cherry grove
deconstructed 
 
  
moonlit chill
steam drifts from the thermal pool
through tree shadows 
 
  
broken cloud
a pool of brilliant light
far out at sea 
 
  
road to the beach
wave after wave of blue
hydrangeas 
 
 

Publication notes:


longer days spark growth: tiny gaps (NZPS), 2006.

gusty wind: moonset (US) spring/summer 2008.

first white butterfly: a taste of nashi (Windrift), 2008.

moonlight: Katikati Haiku Pathway Contest; pub. Bravado 14, 2008.

along the road: White Lotus 6 (US), spring/summer, 2008.

warm darkness: Promenade (3Lights Gallery, UK), 2008.

building site: Kokako 9, 2008.

moonlit chill: Matsuo Basho Haiku Contest (Japan), 2008.

broken cloud: Ambrosia 3 (US), 2009.

road to the beach: Shiki Special Kukai in memory of William J. Higginson, (Shiki Haikusphere), 2009.


 

 

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