thrown into 
			the arms of a stranger 
			on the fast train
         
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            the curve 
			of the hip 
			a little more clay
		 
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            raising 
			her hemline 
			bee’s knees
		 
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            eyeing 
			each other’s novels 
			overdue bus
		 
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            rivalry 
			of window boxes 
			narrow street
        
        
        
		
            worked for many years with victims of domestic violence and homelessness. A keen cook, she now divides her time between private catering and renovating an old cottage in Cornwall. She began writing haiku in the first lockdown of 2020. Her work has been published in Prune Juice, Failed Haiku, Cold Moon Journal, and at The Haiku Foundation.