Lorin Ford
Born 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Living in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
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summer grasses
the pup follows his nose
until the echidna
haijinx, June/Dec. 2010
heat shimmer
a stick on the verge
of snake
heat lightning –
Christmas beetles
spangle the fly screen
thunderbolt
a glimpse of the puppeteer’s
fingertips
under Sirius
a spark
in the arsonist’s eye
FreeXpresSion Vol. XXI- issue 9 September 2014
bushfire moon . . .
the calligraphy
of charred trees
wildlife triage –
spot fires flicker
in a possum’s eye
10th paper wasp Jack Stamm Anthology, ‘kitchen window’, Oct. 2009
a smear of sun
through smoke haze
the few slow bees
FreeXpression, vol. XIV issue 2 Feb. 2007
smoke haze
the valley I return to
in my dreams
Echidna Tracks, September 16, 2020
our barefoot days again blue flax berries
Presence #62, Nov. 2018
a cloud becomes a cat th e dr i f t of th in g s
Presence #68, Nov. 2020
harvest moon
the horizon between here
and hereafter
1st Prize—Katikati Haiku Competition, 2012
a last year’s lambskin where mushrooms gather dusk
1st prize—Katikati Haiku Competition, 2014
dusk on the river the bunyip’s cold breath
Windfall #4, January 2016
feeling for the pulse deep winter
Runner-Up—HaikuNow! Haiku Contest, 2013 (Contemporary Category)
mother’s secrets . . .
I prise open
a dozen oysters
1st Prize—FreeXpresSion Haiku Competition, 2014
shifting mist
a rocky outcrop
of wallabies
The Heron’s Nest, Volume XVI, Number 4, December 2014
no regrets
about rushing into it –
blossom wind
Shamrock Haiku Journal #26, December 2013 (voted “best haiku”. Shamrock Haiku Journal Readers' Choice Awards 2013)
miles
to
the
water
fall
a
river
runs
down
my
spine
Modern Haiku 45.2, 2014
she waves a thin blue scarf becoming sky
tinywords 15.2, October 15 2015
homecoming –
one by one the pier lights
flicker on
Presence #48, June 2013
slowly,
the earth moves –
snails in love
Modern Haiku 40.3, autumn 2009
where creek willows weave the sunlight ducklings
tinywords 11.2, October 2011
rusted hinge
the butterfly’s wings
close, open …
1st place paper wasp Jack Stamm Award, 2005
chrysalis …
what will be
will be
The Heron's Nest Volume XIV, Number 4: December, 2012
just the rhythm
of my glass bangles –
spring rain
Presence #46, July 2012
summer night’s dream –
mosquitoes come humming
through the crack
Modern Haiku 43.2, Summer, 2012
seashells –
I sort through
my childhood
The Heron’s Nest, Volume X, Number 2: June 2008
turn of the tide –
the sea taking back
its jellyfish
Simply Haiku, vol. 6, no. 3, August 2008
with a flashlight
we search for spiders’ eyes –
the dark between stars
Presence #42, June 2010
after bushfires the one cicada end of summer
Presence #39, September 2009
shorter days –
a flurry of dragonflies
riding dragonflies
Modern Haiku 41.3, Autumn 2010
their wings like cellophane remember cellophane
Roadrunner, issue IX:2, March 2009
( ‘Scorpion Prize’ for issue, judged by Ron Silliman)
day moon
the dish rag
wearing thin
Acorn #22, Fall 2009
the photo album
full of strangers’ faces –
sea-fog rolling in
Modern Haiku 42.2, Summer 2011
where ancient cedars stood the ache the blue sky mine
Frogpond 35.2, Spring/ Summer 2012