after migration

finding a memento

left behind

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Kokako #43, August 2025

https://kokako10.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kokako-43-2.pdf

original gel plate monoprint by Sue Courtney

poetry on the sand

the brevity

of our words

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Kokako #43, August 2025

https://kokako10.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kokako-43-2.pdf

original watercolour and ink artwork by Sue Courtney

fiery sunset

a circle of red around

the oystercatcher’s eye

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Failed Haiku #110, June 2025

https://failedhaiku.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/failedhaikuissue110haiga.pdf

original artwork by Sue Courtney

a narrow road

from darkness to light . . .

last sliver of moon

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Kokako 42, March 2025

https://kokako10.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/kokako-42-1.pdf

photo taken at Orewa Beach, New Zealand.

road trip  the infinite distance  of blue

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Kokako 42, March 2025

https://kokako10.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/kokako-42-1.pdf

original acrylic monoprint by Sue Courtney

winter solstice
the day begins

with fire

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 10: Luminaria. December 2024

https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2024/12/enchanted-garden-issue-10-luminaria.html

photo taken at Orewa Beach, New Zealand, in midwinter.

my garden
in a dewdrop

my garden

words/image © Sue Courtney

very proud to have this haiku (words only) selected for Hauling the Tide, The Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2024 edited by Edward Cody Huddlestone, published August 2024.

It was inspired by a photo I took of flowers in the garden and when I zoomed in I found another garden! 

morning mist
a little girl runs

into autumn

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Leaf – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue Four, August 2024

https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Issue-4_singles-1.pdf

photo taken at Orewa Beach, New Zealand, on the first day of autumn, 1 March 2024.

returning migrants
the one with the red flag

missing

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Leaf – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue Three, April 2024

https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Leaf-Issue-3_Online_Single.pdf

Ancestry DNA
my father is

my father

words/image © Sue Courtney

published in Leaf – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue Two, December 2023

https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LEAF-Issue-Two-Single-page-view.pdf

homework—
i memorise the mnemonic

by taste

words / image © Sue Courtney

published in Leaf – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue One, June 2023

https://leafjournal.io/.../2023/06/LEAF-One-June-2023.pdf

Christmas countdown ♪♫♪

      ♫♪♫ and a kereru

                  in a kowhai tree

words / image © Sue Courtney
23 Dec 2022

The kereru | kerekū | New Zealand Pigeon is endemic to New Zealand. 
More here

NZ's native kowhai trees have stunning yellow blooms most commonly in spring.

first of December . . .
the old pohutukawa
blooms on cue

words / image © Sue Courtney
1 Dec 2022

The pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) is also known as New Zealand's Christmas tree as it is often in bloom at christmas time.

new year's morning
a river of sunlight
parts the sea

words / image © Sue Courtney
1 Jan 2022

#haiku at sunrise, Orewa Beach, New Zealand

drive thru car wash . . .
imagining I’m driving
through a snowstorm

words / image © Sue Courtney
30 Nov 2021

#haiku for winter in Auckland's early summer