Roger Watson
Born: 1955 in Aberdeen, UK
Living: Kingston-upon-Hull, UK
Roger Watson is a biologist, nurse and academic editor working at the University of Hull, UK. He was born and raised in Scotland and has lived in many parts of the UK and Ireland. He travels extensively in China and the Far East. He is married with eight children
Haiku blog: https://haikuflyku.blogspot.co.uk/
through the confessional screen
the priest's breath
Prune Juice 30 2020
Thai mountain haiku
of course
a temple bell
Akitsu Quarterly Summer 2020
Parisian life
even the graffiti
is elegant
Cattails April 2020
holding up my trousers
Orion’s belt
Creatrix 48 2020
Krakatoa
south
of my imagination
Failed Haiku 5: 51 2020
inside
the folded newspaper
toast crumbs
Blithe Spirit Number 30:2 2020
quiet church
just the smell
of hand sanitiser
Blithe Spirit 31:1 2020
my wife's old bike
so many miles
between us
Stardust Haiku 45 2020
forty years married
less kama
and more sutra
Creatrix Number 51 2020
Sunday Mass
blessing myself
with alcohol gel
Creatrix Number 51 2020
reunion dinner
just that moment
of hesitation
Failed Haiku 43, 2019
bonsai trees
tortured
into obedience
Poetry Pea 15 July 2019
another broken tooth
dying
one piece at a time
cattails October 2019
my fish and chips
wrapped
in fake newspaper
Frogpond Volume 42:3 2019
last flight
of the evening
half price sandwiches
cattails October 2019
through the old magnifying glass
reading
with my mother’s eyes
Failed Haiku 45 2019
sixties revival evening
on the wall
a defibrillator
London Haiku Group Anthology 2019 page 37
hometown graveyard
the headmaster
who caned me
BHS Anthology Roots 2019
baclava seller
sticking
to his principles
Failed Haiku Issue 49, 2020
ancient Chinese temple
each guide
telling a different story
Blithe Spirit Volume 29 (2019)
London Haiku Group Anthology 2018
Sunday morning
last night's party
on the pavement
Blithe Spirit Volume 29 (2019)
Monday morning
the smell
of sour milk
Blithe Spirit Volume 29 (2019)
new semester
an empty bed
and one less toothbrush
Blithe Spirit Volume 29 (2019)
weekend over
the clank
of recycling bins
Failed Haiku #39
I quit
the meeting
at ‘low hanging fruit’
Failed Haiku #39
coffee grinder
awake
before the smell
Failed Haiku #39
the removal men
laughing
at our wobbly bed
Failed Haiku #41
hotel elevator
no eye contact
unwritten rules
Failed Haiku #41
my son
now opening jam jars
for me
Failed Haiku #41
evening train
racing its shadow
home
Blithe Spirit 29.1
optician's bill
unable to read
the small print
cattails April 2019
high spirits
in the sanatorium
infectious laughter
cattails April 2019
admiring the crocuses
I step
on dog poo
Under the Basho 2019
long rows
of white stones
soldiers’ last dreams
Under the Basho 2019
Northern Lights
don’t spoil it with
an explanation
Under the Basho 2019
handing over
the wrong currency
jet-lag
Under the Basho 2019
first date
online
she had no accent
before sending
I check the grammar
in my sympathy note
murder mystery night
killing
time
my mother’s funeral
how much better than me
they all know her
going
with the flow
urinal spider
peeing in the snow
not quite
my full name
post office queue
the smell
of paper
Failed Haiku #37
antique shop
the smell
of opportunity
ephemerae Volume1, C (2018)
hotel lobby
making an early start
smokers and runners
funeral plans
even here
economies of scale
25th HSA Anthology 2018
family gathering
all eyes
on i-Pads
Presence 61, May 2018
airport fly
arriving
or departing?
Poetry Pea website 19 June 2018
watch hands
no fingers
pointing to time
Blithe Spirit 27.3, August 2017
rosary beads
smooth and polished
decades of my life
Poetry Pea website 29 August 2018
rising river steam
cathedral bells chime
out of synch
Blithe Spirit 27.3, November 2017
at the junction
only my mood changes
broken lights
Blithe Spirit 28.2, May 2018
scrolling down
to my age group . . .
. . . the last
ephemerae 1, A, April 2018
Monopoly
the family fight
over fake money
ephemerae 1, A, April 2018
silent shredder
graveyard
of all my thoughts
Commended, Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award 2018