Roger Watson
Born: 1955 in Aberdeen, UK
Living: Kingston-upon-Hull, UK
Roger Watson is a biologist, nurse and academic editor working at the University of Hull, UK. He was born and raised in Scotland and has lived in many parts of the UK and Ireland. He travels extensively in China and the Far East. He is married with eight children.
Haiku blog: https://haikuflyku.blogspot.co.uk/
Roger Watson Reading Several Of His Haiku
an oblivious bee
zig-zagging
between headstones
sakura blossom
on the koi pond
two legends meet
stormy night
I imagine the garden
rearranged
lilac blossom
sweet scent with just a hint
of wheelie bin
Creatix Number 46 (2019)
early morning market
the smell
of fresh tomatoes
Blithe Spirit Volume 29 Number 3 page 36 (2019)
a warm breeze
wafts plum blossom
into reiwa *
Asahi Haikuist Network 3 May 2019
* the new era on the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan; possible meaning 'auspicious peace'.
buttock marks
on the wall
light snow
evening train
racing its shadow
home
Blithe Spirit 29.1, November 2019
optician's bill
unable to read
the small print
high spirits
in the sanatorium
infectious laughter
glinting salmon
my world briefly
then his
cattails April 2019
long rows
of white stones
soldiers’ last dreams
Under the Basho 5 March 2019
Northern Lights
don’t spoil it with
an explanation
Under the Basho 5 March 2019
handing over
the wrong currency
jet-lag
Under the Basho 5 March 2019
first date
online
she had no accent
before sending
I check the grammar
in my sympathy note
murder mystery night
killing
time
sports day
children cheering
the teachers’ race
schoolboy football
everyone
chasing the ball
on the whiteboard
fuzzy ideas
still visible
Blithe Spirit 28.4, November 2018
the algae
thriving, even
in Holy Water
Blithe Spirit 28.4, November 2018
antique shop
the smell
of opportunity
ephemerae 1.C, December 2018
scraping a dead fly
from the old book
I read on
ephemerae 1.C, December 2018
cozy in bed
hearing my wife
scrape the windscreen
Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 37, p.10
post office queue
the smell
of paper
Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 37, p.10
my mother’s funeral
how much better than me
they all know her
Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 37, p.10
Riyadh hotel lobby
with no faces
women drifting past
Failed Haiku Volume 4, Issue 37, p.10
going
with the flow
urinal spider
power walkers
that attitude
morning river
the sun rises
and swans grow heads
hotel lobby
making an early start
smokers and runners
peeing in the snow
not quite
my full name
horse chestnut blossom
preparing
onesers and twosers
ephemerae 1.B, August 2018
rosary beads
smooth and polished
decades of my life
funeral plans
even here
economies of scale
Four Hundred and Two Snails, 25th HSA Anthology 2018
church spider
behind the radiator
preying?
British Haiku Society Anthology 2018 p.21
free newspaper
fake news
comes cheap
at the crack
of broken twigs
the smell of sap
Uber driver
another
life story
Failed Haiku #35 (2018)
keynote speaker
with no end
in sight
Failed Haiku #35 (2018)
cherry blossom shower
the pigeon
changing trees
The Mainichi 6 June 2018
between raindrops
gathering his thoughts
a bumble bee
The Mainichi 27 July 2018
family gathering
all eyes
on i-Pads
Presence 61, May 2018
at the junction
only my mood changes
broken lights
Blithe Spirit 28.2, May 2018
watch hands
no fingers
pointing to time
Blithe Spirit 27.3, August 2017
rising river steam
cathedral bells chime
out of sych
Blithe Spirit 27.3, November 2017
the ploughman
his thoughts mingle
with the gulls
Blithe Spirit 28.1, February 2018
scrolling down
to my age group . . .
. . . the last
ephemerae 1, A, April 2018
Monopoly
the family fight
over fake money
ephemerae 1, A, April 2018
silent shredder
graveyard
of all my thoughts
Commended, Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award April 2018