Steve Dolphy
Born 1961, Southampton, United Kingdom
Present place of residence: Eastleigh, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Steve worked in business before becoming a clinical psychologist. Whilst living in Vietnam, 1997 to 2001, he studied Vietnamese at the Hanoi National University and started writing haiku. He has published two haiku collections: The Cry of the Duck Egg Seller Ram Publications, 2004 and A Compendium of Glimpses Kindle, 2015.
temple rock pool
a tadpole swims
from dark to light
Presence 16, 2000
reddening sky
the car park empties
gull by gull
long winter walk
picking up a stone
to accompany me
Presence 9, 1999
counting galaxies
the swirl
on each fingertip
bottle rockets 13, 2005
rainy day
I wipe a thumbprint
from the fossil
Snapshots 10, 2001
city street 2am
a cyclist zigzagging
nothing else
The Haiku Quarterly 23/24, 2000
river at sunrise
a bathing monk ducks
the boatman’s oars
The Haiku Quarterly 26, 2000
solitary swim
a stray god sniffs
deflated clothes
Snapshots 5, 1999
old railway cutting
still going
somewhere
The Hermitage, Volume III, 2006
breeze parting the reeds parting the breeze
Acorn 41, Fall, 2018
a seashell in my pocket
the gentle clunk
of the car door
Presence 62, 2018
twilight
a red fire extinguisher
pristine pressurized in place
Presence 62, 2018
streamlined locomotive
its smoke trail
shaped by the wind
Acorn 42, Spring, 2019
empty car park
each space with its own
pattern of stains
Frogpond 42:2, Winter, 2019
spring river
the underside of a bridge
dappled with sunlight
Presence 64, 2019
end of the pier
picking a spot to settle
the seagull and I
Acorn 43, Fall, 2019, USA
airport travelator
the dropped boarding pass
goes on alone
Presence 65, 2019
from the moment I wake
every object I touch
shaping my hands
Modern Haiku 51.1, Autumn, 2019
after hours -
the paper-jam light
glows red
Frogpond 43.1, Winter 2019
unnoticed
beginning its journey
an ocean wave
Modern Haiku 50:3, Autumn, 2019