life in a small cube -
sunshine through a glass darkly
mirrors my pain

Cathy Dineen

a.m./p.m.

a.m.

games
still so good at playing badly
tug of war

"if i don't watch it
this will be the beginning
of the end"

p.m.

they had to say yes
bright-eyed, brown and beautiful
equal opportunity

Ian Row

single girl meltdown
it's all downhill from here
uphill battle

Jenny Morris & Ian Row

tram on brunswick street
unfortunate facial tic
can't stop looking

easter island man
compulsively repulsive
eating my heart out

blue flannelette
change your sheets change your life
no time 2 sleep

stop talking about
onomatopeia
it might be catching

Jenny Morris

Tupperware - Amway
Can't tell the difference really
Just ruling my life

Cathy Dineen

sawmiller returns
writing letters in my dreams
scissors paper wood

Jenny Morris

Comfort food
Apple & rhubarb, crumble/pie
Essence of winter

The Farm Boy

They said no
The Goddess, Saint Rita, La Virgin
No match for a panel

They said no
Back in the saddle
Horse ain’t movin’

Ian Row

Thirties

The days disappear
they pile up like much wreckage
but I feel the same

Fletcher

In the dark shelter
Little girl holds a rag doll
Little does she know

Fouad

city block my city lane
tram stop motorbike hedgerow
take me home bourke street

Jenny Morris

sunday afternoon
symphony of blue and green
peace inside and out

Cathy Dineen & Jenny Morris

Mist in the valley
the weekend will fill the space
knit me a rainbow

Cathy Dineen, Elizabeth Jennings, Jenny Morris

Clutter

Tonight’s the night
What's this attachment to paper?
Things I’ll never read

Inspiration
Something, somewhere could matter
Wild card

Everything must go
Days from now, you won’t remember
Crisp, clean linen

Ian Row

second base lover
i'm giving you a way out
go but say goodbye

Ian Row

The public service
Interesting
What are core values?

Beautiful jersey
Peaceful brown cow
Quality milker

The Farm Boy

i want a pony
to cure the pain
soldier onwards

The Farm Boy

Tupperware Party

Tupperware party
OCD comes in four colours
Time and time again

Tupperware party
There’s plastic, then there’s plastic
Mummy knew best

Tupperware party
It’s not what you want or need
Who you can become

Ian Row

Passing

Mum's heart lays down dead
with my dad's passing to earth.
Winter's a cruel end

Fletcher

journey into spring:-
i join a quest for daylight
knights around a sun

spring so far away
finding sunshine takes all day
silly fool for love

Cathy Dineen

what if they say no
you’ll eat yourself out of it
it’s worked before

Ian Row

second base lover
don’t need to go to third base
to get the prize

9.06pm
way too late to be working
for someone else

Ian Row

Fall

The Liquid Amber
frail beauty falling to earth.
All our broken hearts.

Fletcher

giant white buildings
secret military base
not on any maps

Juliet Wilson

the moon
a circle of clouds
voguing

Judy Kamilhor

Scorching hot Texas day.
Embers catch in tall dry grass,
Ripples on Fire Pond.

Jeff Herbert

First base lover
Counting the days, the ways
All roads lead to you

Ian Row

Alas, dear reader,
There’s something I’m not telling
You about myself.

Thomas Knauer

Two Haiku about a Papercut and a Vacuum Cleaner

Papercut
from nowhere – the fretting – you forget
it’s only blood

Vacuum cleaner
“Wattage does not equate with suction”
Familiar story

Ian Row

Cathedral: Suite

St. Patricks
An open house, on my way home
An overture

Do us a favour
I will I do I promise
It’s just business

Can you hear me?
Ok. Show me. You decide, yeah?
Faith times faith

Ian Row

No more cancer
Just scar tissue and scars
Dance with me

Ian Row

11’s been evicted
Noise, the revving, that incident
Wasn’t me, buddy

Ian Row

delightfully drunk
the city envelops me
love for sale again

Jenny Morris

Dinner for two
Fresh batch of Creole lovin’
Anything, Habib

Ian Row

Graeme Murphy
State Theatre's FAB curtains!
Missing the point

Ian Row

slow afternoon here
instant coffee made too cold
what has he done now?

Catherine Dineen

Daddy called today
Big love, and the back of his hand
Baby was busy

Ian Row

slept like a log
no more dreams
of sawmillers in love

Jenny Morris

Glad you made a start.
Unraveling what's within
increases doing without.

Chee Huat

morning miss morris
your oh so delicious phrasing
a lullaby

Ian Row

Christian Taliban
You’ve paid for my silence
God sees you

Ian Row

Me in a sentence
I'm not known for my brevity
Yeah, no

Ian Row