Steve Dolphy
Born 1961, Southampton, United Kingdom
Residing in Eastleigh, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Steve worked in business before becoming a clinical psychologist. Whilst living in Vietnam, 1997 to 2001, he studied Vietnamese at the Hanoi National University and started writing haiku. He has published two haiku collections: The Cry of the Duck Egg Seller (Ram Publications, 2004) and A Compendium of Glimpses (Kindle, 2015)
lotus lilies
around the upturned tail
of a B-52
Presence #24, 2004, UK
civil war cemetery
between soil and stone
the rake’s teeth
Presence #33, 2007, UK
around the grave
hands and mimosa leaves
fold together
Paper Wasp Vol 82, 2002, USA
children’s ward
a little girl names
her artificial legs
Presence #21, 2003, UK
tightrope walker
even her smile
balanced
Snapshots #6, 1999, UK
after the school play
reprising her role
for the absent parent
Snapshots #6, 1999, UK
weekend alone
a show of hands
on the radio
Frogpond XXV:I, 2002, USA
as I hear the diagnosis
the knotholes
in the oncologist’s desk
Presence #33, 2007, UK
maternity unit
an empty space among
snow covered cars
Presence #17, 2002, UK
first autumn leaves
the neighbour I couldn't name
moves out
Presence #61, 2018, UK
the old oak gone
less and less of mum
remembering me
Presence #61, 2018, UK
Father's Day
I empty the biscuit jar
of its nuts and bolts
Presence #61, 2018, UK
graduation day
willow fronds just long enough
to ripple the river
Blithe Spirit Vol 28/3, 2018, UK
a child's headstone
so high
and no higher
Modern Haiku Vol 49/2, 2018, USA
lost soft toy
my daughter asks me
to give a eulogy
Failed Haiku, Vol 3:33, 2018, USA
at my old house
the chimes of the ice cream van
bring out someone else
Modern Haiku, Vol 49/3, 2018,USA
one daffodil
leans against another—
she would have been one by now
Blithe Spirit Vol 29/1, 2019,UK
Remembrance Day
the undertaker whistles
to calm his horses
Presence, #63, 2019, UK
our guests gone
the misshapen soap
back in its place
cattails, Spring 2019,Canada
the huge key
that once locked a mansion
now a key fob
Modern Haiku #50/1,USA,2019
New Year’s Day
still shedding
December’s skin
Presence #63, 2019, UK
shifting currents
the old couple in their kayaks
move closer together
Kokako #31, 2019, New Zealand
garage coolness
a child’s hand print
in the concrete floor
Frogpond #42.3, 2019, USA
childhood home
the once distant woods
up to the back fence
Presence #65, 2019, UK
putting-in
her hearing aid
his arthritic hands
Presence #65, 2019, UK