evening heat
the unseen sapsucker
drums five times
marbled whites—
a blackberry pip
stuck between my teeth
the last sun
across the lammas lands
perennial asters
by the great river,
barely a foot deep:
black horehound
first wintering gulls
gather on the mudbanks—
Michaelmas rain
Matthew Paul was born in 1966 and lives and works in London. A regular contributor of haiku to journals in the UK and the USA for many years, his first collection, The Regulars, was recently published by Snapshot Press. He is a member of the committee of the British Haiku Society, administers the Society's annual haibun anthology, and is reviews editor for Presence haiku magazine. With John Barlow, he is the co-editor and co-writer of Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku (Snapshot Press, 2007), an anthology which reflects his love of the natural world and avian life in particular.
Matthew Paul was born in 1966 and lives and works in London. A regular contributor of haiku to journals in the UK and the USA for many years, his first collection, The Regulars, was recently published by Snapshot Press. He is a member of the committee of the British Haiku Society, administers the Society's annual haibun anthology, and is reviews editor for Presence haiku magazine. With John Barlow, he is the co-editor and co-writer of Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku (Snapshot Press, 2007), an anthology which reflects his love of the natural world and avian life in particular.