David J Kelly
Born in 1963 in Middlesex, Greater London, UK.
Currently resident in Dublin, Ireland.
David J Kelly is a scientist by training (PhD in Zoology), but has been fascinated by the music of language for longer than he can remember. His main hobbies are birds and words. David’s first collection, Hammerscale from the Thrush’s Anvil (Alba Publishing), was published in November 2016.
I take the extra weight
as you fall
into sleep
Blithe Spirit 23.2 (summer 2013)
umbrella …
wondering whether it’s
wandering weather
Bottle Rockets #34 (February 2016)
head space
swinging Schrödinger’s cat
between my ears
Failed Haiku 1.12 (December 2016)
cleansing breath
I fill the air with
inner demons
Prune Juice 20 (November 2016)
smart bomb
resetting the landscape
to primitive
Failed Haiku 1.11 (November 2016)
my tiny nephew
already fluent
in dinosaur
Brass Bell ‘Family Haiku’ (November 2016)
tenets of atheism credon’t
Sonic Boom 7 (December 2016)
who says
romance is dead?
Kindle-light dinner
frogpond 39.2 (Autumn 2016)
history lesson
all children studying
the clock
Chrysanthemum 20 (October 2016)
thick dust
the life we lived
in other rooms
tinywords 16.2 (2016)
mourning
broke
n
moongarlic 7 (November 2016)
dead silence
the forever after
your last breath
cattails (September 2016)
mixed messages
a child hits the donkey
with its carrot
Failed Haiku – September 2016
wasp nest a short cut cut short
Akitsu Quarterly (Winter 2016)
our cat’s fleas …
an embarrassment
of itches
Prune Juice #19 (July 2016)
gentle rebellion
writing in the
reading room
Failed Haiku – June 2016
charity shop …
under a warm jumper
distressed denim
Presence #55 (2016)
fun up to a point learning curve
Sonic Boom #5 (April 2016)
on the stem
of a tulip glass
social butterfly
Haiku Canada Review (February 2016)
departure gaits
spoken and unspoken
farewells
cattails (Jan 2016)
half-moon glasses
each pedestrian crossing
the bridge of my nose
Akitsu Quarterly (Winter 2015)
weighing more
than condolences
a handful of raindrops
Modern Haiku 47:1 (winter/spring 2016)
read-letter day
the cold, stone touch
of my coffee cup
Gnarled Oak #5 (Oct-Nov 2015)
rejuvenated …
the child with the ice cream
face pack
Kokako 22 (2015)
morning prayer
kneeling at the altar
of her handbag
Shamrock #30 (2015)