Live Encounters Poetry & Writing Volume Two November-December 2024
Haiku by Kevin Cowdall.
Haiku
Bamboo
The bamboo stands tall
against the raging tempest
and cannot be bowed.
Chrysanthemum
Symbol of long life:
daily rejuvenation
begins with each dawn.
Gorilla
So contemplative.
With inscrutable wisdom
it makes no comment.
Sandalwood
The air is fragrant –
its lingering aroma
carried on the breeze.
© Kevin Cowdall
Kevin Cowdall was born in Liverpool, England, where he still lives and works. In all, over 300 of Kevin’s poems have been published in journals, magazines, and anthologies, and on web sites, in the UK and Ireland, across Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, India, Canada, and the USA, and broadcast on BBC Radio, RTÉ Radio, Ireland, and local radio stations across the UK. His 2016 retrospective collection, Assorted Bric-à-brac brought together the best from three previous collections (The Reflective Image, Monochrome Leaves, and A Walk in the Park) with a selection of newer poems). His most recent collection, Natural Inclinations, features fifty poems with a common theme of the natural world. His poem for children, The Land of Dreams, was published on the Letterpress Project website, wonderfully illustrated by Chris Riddell, and is available on YouTube