persian carpet sale
lay back against the backdrop
my peacock princess

Ian Row

br o ken wh eel > could have
died > killed someone else > who cares!
how much will this cost?

Ian Row

Hello Spring

My big toes burst
like flesh blossom, tender pink,
sun tickled.

Karen McVean

Corporate guru -
Create, exploit, and destroy.
Take options and run.

Steve Andrews

Dream lover trilogy

i.
You were beautiful
but I can’t recall your face.
Who are you, hot boy?

ii.
Your eager embrace
quite took me, and by surprise
we shared a moment.

iii.
Skin smooth as cotton,
I sleep to meet you again.
Dream lover, come back!

Chris Gill

Water Music

On a barge, the King
says: "Play it again, Handel!"
By and large, we do.

Chris Gill

Korean Diner Twinset

i.
korean diner
metal chopsticks are heavy
feed me, mummy!

ii.
slippery tofu
a test of dexterity
scoop and shovel

Ian Row

Two meat lovers' haiku

i.
for salami
i extend five second rule
meat, how i love you

Ian Row

ii.
make it meat for me
dense, salty ex-animals
with built-in lip balm

Chris Gill

Spot Haiku 19

i.
the light that startles
stripping off winter layers
alabaster skin

Cathy Dineen

ii.
Eyes clear and twinkling
notice strangers on a train
hairy legs weather

Chris Gill

iii.
Sun strikes my cold skin
Melts the ice of indifference
And new desires begin

Doug Hamilton

iv.
morning walk to work
ipod, sun, still coolish breeze
good to be alive

Jason Rostant

iv.
days kicking nighttime,
open car windows spill rap and
sidewalks show some skin

Patrick McCormick

v.
Sun melts mountains’ mantle.
From warm soil snow juice flows to
Dark bud’s white blossom.

Doug Hamilton

vi.
Newly disembarked,
the Spring air smells like honey.
There's no place like home

Chris Gill

vii.
winter withdrawal
harder to hide imperfections
when there's less to wear

Ian Row

back from wilderness
'missing you' days are over
'love me' days begin

Ian Row

To Kirk

Grouchy S.O.B
With that face you can't afford
the bad attitude.

Ian Row

Challenges remain-
Three four three five seven five
Senryu or haiku?

Steve Andrews

The HCMC Collective 4

i.
Uncle Ho
Behind the General...
husband and lover

ii.
Power cut
World without a/c
Hell on earth

iii.
Special for you!
Sing a song of sales pitch
Same-same but different

Ian Row

The HCMC Collective 3

i.
You like Vietnam girl?
Ten dollar blow job, you want?
Twenty dollar boom boom

ii.
A place I've never been
Weave through Saigon on your bike
My arms beside you

Ian Row

The HCMC Collective 2

i.
Disabled artists
turn egg shells into a Klimt
Creative license

ii.
Cu Chi Tunnels
An underground labyrinth
Think inside the box

iii.
Cao Dai Temple
I spy with my divine eye
who I have become

Ian Row

The HCMC Collective 1

i.
Ho Chi Minh traffic
No need for green men and red lights
If you know, you flow

ii.
The War Museum
Lack of narrative compels
fresh storytelling

iii.
Thirty years later
Agent Orange courses through
the bloodstream

Ian Row

Cryogenic cure -
frozen in time and in space
changes your life how?

Steve Andrews