Japanese Haiku Poem by Mark Heathcote

a cash register
of acorns - gold spills my way
abundance untold

I hear loud wind chimes
and footsteps running wildly
torrential rainfall

thunder and lightning
diagonal like the wind
moving chess pieces

the moon is oval
In a layer of black film
upside down a swan

ageing gingerly
a house like a cracked walnut
two palms cup the moon

evil loitering
ceramic plates broken
wedded-bliss is this

the setting sun blinds
whist tears well up in my eyes
a lovers hand guides

a whirling dancer
tomorrow man-the-wickets
today catch-and-throw

a maple leaf whirls
while some chill hand-unseen paints
golden horizons

dances on water
the sun and the moon explore
separated shores

tissue paper pink
weeping - cries no one loves me
that old chestnut tree

Orange flames cartwheel
These trees they're all on fire
Autumnal beacons

How breathtakingly
these forest shadows descend
silhouette - gold banks

A king rakes his lawn
spent jewels crown his forehead
royalty golden

koi in the rice field
sense the equinox coming
a pan-fried sun

an oval moon glides
In a layer of thin cloud
a swan upside down