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Owen Bullock 
Owen has been writing haiku since 1999. He is a former editor of Spin, Bravado, Kokako and Poetry NZ. Born and bred in Cornwall, he has been resident in New Zealand for over 20 years and lives near the Karangahake Gorge in the North Island. Owen has published a book of haiku, wild camomile (Post Pressed, Australia, 2009); the novella A Cornish Story (Palores, UK, 2010), and a number of chapbooks of poetry. His first full collection of longer poems, sometimes the sky isn't big enough, was published by Steele Roberts in 2011. He has been editing a series of haiku chapbooks for Puriri Press of which his man and boy (2010) is one. Contact Owen or see his website.
tapping
the boatshed wall
a boat
a giant rimu falls
within an hour
rain
years later
off the pier
the same few boys fishing
ex-junkie -
two bags
in his teacup
into the stillness
a neighbour shovels
gravel
op shop
pepper grinder
even has pepper
shadows
on the chess board
becoming fewer
city dump
a little boy finds
an old speech bubble
an ambulance
fades with the distance . . .
sometimes . . .
another accusation the sky is purple
Publication notes:
tapping: wild camomile (PostPressed) 2009.
a giant rimu falls: ibid.
years later: ibid.
ex-junkie - : ibid.
into the stillness: ibid.
op shop: ibid.
shadows: man and boy.
city dump: ibid.
an ambulance: moments in the whirlwind (NZ Poetry Society anthology) 2009.
another accusation: Presence #40 (UK) 2010.
