PUT THE CAP BACK ON!
DO I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING?
fucking novice

Ian Row

faulty ticket machines
entire stretch of albert street
someone's been busy

Ian Row

notebook, left in park
open, blank; no commitment
no loss

Ian Row

A Birthday Haiku

the fan base is strong!
old friends and new interns
life is linear

Christmas 2006

i.
St.Mary's recreates
Bethlehem; there were real camels
and one hot Joseph.

ii.
Lunch with the Kings and
their two blind friends; what does a
memory look like?

iii.
Carols by Candlelight
Glitter in excelsis deo
Faux Christian spirit

iv.
Secular Christmas
Swept up in Pictionary
Jesus who?

v.
The twenty sixth,
Post-Christmas dissonance.
No way, not this year.

Separation

separation
the state of play
a state of mind

Ian Row

Ultimatum

ultimatum
my terms
but your call

Ian Row

Iggy

for rey

too late to hydrate
the pet iguana dies
unexpected grief

Ian Row

Two haiku about my parents

v a g u e a n d i n c o m p l e t e
morphing into my father
con-fusion

my mother
eighty - a milestone
a hurdle

Ian Row

A Haiku about Lying Down

Lying down to rest
Mind , body relaxed and limp
Ah! Sweet lassitude

Chris Gill

A Haiku about a Duck

The most complete duck
is the duck only half seen
(its nature: to swim).

Chris Gill

Spot Haiku 6

i.
rude man on the phone:
"you call that public service?"
bite me, big fella.

Cathy Dineen

ii.
Distant calling invading headspace
Trying to ignore but strangely drawn
Stop-Write-Now

Shell Pocock

iii.
hot, bothered, grumpy
inhaling secondhand smoke
bushfire season

Cesca Alice

iv.
Kitsched with holly
Beetling christmas shoppers, streets full
Summer sigh.

Karen McVean

v.
Double time and a half...
times two! That's one hundred and four!
Christmas hourly rate.

Ian Row

Tough Love

Tough love
Strategy or weapon
Either way, progress

Ian Row

It’s going to rain
And snow. He has a fireplace -
Christmas in Queenstown.

Cathy Dineen

Alternative Plan

Alternative plan -
Drug-free new year's eve with me
You know you want to

Ian Row

Horoscope

Today's horoscope
A life span, life's plans, threatened
What if I said 'no'?

Ian Row

An Afternoon with Ian

i.
Tooth extraction
Latex hands, I look towards the ceiling
Empty space.

ii.
Waiting for the lift
He said, she said, intimate banter
Hearts fill.

iii.
Christmas garden party
Name tagged, platters, cold ones and soft serves
Sung off key.

iv.
Workplace acceptance
Better on, best practice, friendly diversity
Homophobia stains.

v.
New CEO wields: restructure
We dig into our pockets for egos and loose change
Shoulders spent.

Karen McVean

taxi driver
looks like andrew lloyd webber
capriccioso

Ian Row

CaR witH WoBbLy WhEeLs
sLoWLy RoLLs DoWn pOtHoLeD rOaD
dUsTy BuMpEr BuMpEd

Chris Gill

beer, steak and salad
lazy competition time -
lawn bowls in Fitzroy

Cathy Dineen

Laundry Amnesty

Laundry Amnesty
T-shirt, tank top, both aren't mine
No questions asked

Ian Row

Eyes averted
Head pounding and bowed low
Day after the office Christmas party

Shell Pocock

forty two degrees
fails to deflate, to suppress
intermittent longing

Ian Row

Midst year end hoopla
its hard to focus on the
baby in the barn.

Cathy Dineen

the things you say
random error or reflex
makes no difference

Ian Row

Back to work today
from my camping holiday.
Mind blank, inbox full.

Chris Gill

brunch in a french cafe
upper west side NYC
blue crisp clear day

Lynne Alice

a moments passion
ending too quickly in pain
hikki on my neck

Cesca Alice