prelude: a cup of tea
we compare notes, histories
plot the same ending

Neve

I keep coming back
You were then and you are now
If you only knew

Neve

Small birds drop like leaves
From the branches of bare trees
Sailing on the breeze

Simon Patience

Sun shines on
my shoulder, captured by
a glass pane.

Karen McVean

Nightmare
less sleep more work
5am breakfast

Karen McVean

the big weekend ends
everything has lost its shine
i dread tomorrow

Ian Row

A haiku about being delicious

baby's just busy...
busy being delicious
make some room, people

Ian Row

the spirit, tender
touchpoints of gratitude
and acceptance

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 13

i.
prelim finals time
cats and crows face final chance
predator and prey

Cathy Dineen

ii.
Bare reaching Elm waits.
Tender pale green Plane Tree sprouts.
Flowering Plum is!

Chris Gill

iii.
a day of highlights
number six: a ginger jar!
when can i see you?

Ian Row

Father's Day

My car washed
I imagine into the sky
love blossoms to you.

Karen McVean

One Dollar Vinyl

for chee huat

one dollar vinyl
lena horne, barbara striesand
memories come cheap

Ian Row

The Taut T-Shirt Brigade

taut t-shirt brigade
the boys saunter up smith street
there they go... it's spring!

Ian Row

dress up for daddy
baby poised for adventure
try anything once

Ian Row

Five am kebab
with the noo loverboy.
good enuff to eat.

Ian Row

Four haiku about a progressive dinner

for Melany

i.
Arrancini leads to...
where does Arborio come from?
Trade winds and trade routes.

ii.
Love the prawn curry!
"Thanks, it's a mild one," I said
like an apology.

iii.
Then came Pavlova.
Swirls of intrigue, a sculpture.
That moment, perfection.

iv.
Post-dinner Uno
Rules are refreshed in the round
Battle scars, bruising.

Ian Row

flowers for home,
for me, means i love myself
enough

Ian Row

Spring Haiku: A Suite

i.
Orchids, geraniums
cup cakes rising
Spring kitchen

ii.
Peach, Cherry, Jasmine
belly dancers in
the wind.

iii.
Afternoon
before, full moon
blossoms.

iv.
Sunset gone
moonrise to the east
contemplation.

v.
As I wait
dusk quiets the sky
for an eclipse.

vi
Luna, Luna
I follow her
into the clouds.

Karen McVean

Please take those photos
off the net because they show
you smile with him

Simon Patience

Paul, John, Ringo, George
And little help from my friends
What more could one ask?

Crystal Tan

Two haiku about a fishless fishing trip

i.
Standing with a rod
Where the river meets the sea
I've found what I seek.

ii.
For blokes gone fishing
the traditional diet:
meat and alcohol!

Chris Gill

Second Thoughts

the truce opens up
into a bridge; i stop short,
wait for the windchange.

Ian Row

voices on repeat
we know where this is going
can't outrun your mind

Neve

Father's Day

traditional man
unorthodox circumstance
he goes, he flows

Ian Row

back from the void
with an orphaned cat -
Queenstown so far away.

Cathy Dineen