The Canberra Times has published Andrew’s poem “Music Haiku”. The haiku sequence appeared in the newspaper on 22 May 2010:

Music Haiku

 

i

The jazz drummer—

one wire bent up on the brush

as he scuffs the beat.

 

ii

The jazz soloist—

scatting first with the guitar,

then the saxophone.

 

 

iii

Irish fiddler—

even seated he can’t help

jigging his jig!

 

iv

Celtic vocalist—

between the phrases, that rasp

of her indrawn breath.

 

 

v

Blues guitarist—

the capo slightly crooked

between the frets.

 

vi

The blues singer—

how did he know ‘right now is

the needed time’?

 

          © Andrew Lansdown