in limbo
the Oceanic Viking
on rocky waves
©barbaraataylornovember2009
red dust
swallows the sky -
spring equinox
©barbaraataylorseptember2009
liberation -
emancipated women
in bloomers
©barbaraatayloraugust2009
bloody riots
freedom of speech
on Teheran's streets
©barbaraataylorjune2009
twenty years on
Tiananmen heroes
not forgotten
©barbaraataylorjune2009
hibernation a coiled python chills out
©barbaraataylormay2009
columbine
ten years on
what did you learn?
©barbaraataylorapril2009
in disgrace
he madoff
to jail
©barbaraataylormarch2009
to Geraldine …
her poetic voice
is still heard
©barbaraataylorfebruary2009
creationists
don't recognise
his birthday
©barbaraataylorfebruary2009
hugs all round
finding neighbours
alive
©barbaraataylorfebruary2009
Australia Day
On the Chinese New Year
Fireworks
Welcome to new migrants
Becoming dinky di
©barbaraataylorjanuary262009
must be
his Irish ancestry
O'bama's sworn in twice
to be sure
to be sure
©barbaraataylorjanuary2009
on King's platform
in Lincoln's steps
Obama recalls dreams
©barbaraataylorjanuary2009
“It's not my fault”
ducking for cover
the dodgy bush
a living legend
leaves in disgrace
©barbaraataylordecember2009
ready with her axe
as strong as an ox
thanks to vitamins
©barbaraataylordecember2008
90 years on
9 million dead soldiers
we remember them
the scarlet poppies still grow
the battlefields continue
©barbaraataylornovember2008
sharing the sun
my longest
your shortest
©barbaraataylordecember2008
first published IHT Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Asahi Network, 2009
in zimbabwe
only grave-diggers
have jobs
©barbaraataylordecember2008
first published Moonset Literary Newspaper spring/summer 2009
a decade of excess
by greedy bankers
c for collapse
©barbaraataylordecember2008
transformation
change has come
to america!
©barbaraataylornovember2008
take chances
in swinging states
be proud
©barbaraataylornovember2008
socializing losses
toxic corporate debts
for Main Street
©barbaraataylorseptember2008
the ninth lunar month
sighting the crescent moon
fast from dawn to dusk...
now, quieter celebrations
forty less bombings
©barbaraataylorseptember2008
starve or
vote for me
mugabe's final offer
©barbaraataylorjune2008
Go, Jiang Xiaojuan!
her village devastated
breastfeeds nine babies
this madonna of China
Mother of the Year
©barbaraataylormay2008
kids stolen at night
turned into slaves
or killing machines
©barbaraataylormay2008
in paddy fields
the splintered hulls
of capsized boats
©barbaraataylormay2008
made in China carbon offsets
the Snow Lion flag increasing emissions
banned in China trading agronomy
©barbaraataylorapril2008 ©barbaraataylorapril2008
female advancement making women without the y
©barbaraataylormay2008
this six-ring circus
a journey of harmony behind steel fences
©barbaraataylorapril2008
blessed be!
a million dollars per day
the rottweiler's trip
©barbaraataylorapril2008
shock and awe
still counting the dead
five years on
©barbaraataylormarch2008
outside the temple
stinging eyes
Tibet
©barbaraataylormarch2008
healing
in a message stick
of sorry
Sorry Day, Australia, 13 February 2008
untouchables
becoming human
after conversion
©barbaraataylormay2007
no energy left
to light up our world--
the tipping point
©barbaraataylorjuly2007
Five years on
Frightened World
Lamentations
Lamentations
Five Years On
Frightened World
September 11 2006
white flags wave
a choice is made
my mother or my child?
©barbaraatayloruly2006
RU486
life giving
taking for some
©barbaraataylor2006
woman on top-
tall poppies
falling
©barbaraataylor2005
first published Folly 2006
slippery
footseteps
seeking snow shelter
©barbaraataylorjanuary2006
29 August 2005
Kill to have fresh water, food
Abandoned like rats in a sinking ship
Tricked into moving to more danger
Rescued six disastrous days later
Interred by bursting dikes
Nature is the greatest force
America cannot control
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©barbaraataylorseptember2005
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our world wobbled
great waves swamped
swallowed shores in paradise
©barbaraataylordecember2004
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Lines of Constant Pressure
Restless
Isobars
Tell
All
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©barbaraataylorseptember2005
Downtown Darfur
Overburdened
Bony stallion collapses
Weighted down, wasted
Fleeing refugees go back
Give him a proper burial
©barbaraataylorjanuary2005
trains of death
in foggy nights
let not the past
become the future
©barbaraataylorjanuary2005
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