black spots
dance across the dusky sky
starlings
shape-shift their way
home to roost

amid graffiti
and mindless vandalism
flowers wilt
in the cold shadow
of her gravestone

winter moon
the longest night feels longer
waiting
for a baby's
first woeful cry

Tracy Davidson writes haiku, tanka and other short poetry. Her work has appeared in various publications including Modern Haiku, Atlas Poetica, Ribbons, Moonbathing, A Hundred Gourds and Notes from the Gean. She lives in Warwickshire, England.