Spot Haiku 22 - Late submission

now and zen
it is acceptable
to be late

Dawn Mok

Spot Haiku 22

i.
half full/half empty
hanging in the balance is
equally tiring

Ian Row

ii.
Early morning dark
It's not just the air that's hot
He sweats, moans and sleeps

Jason Rostant

iii.
Exhausted on court
the crowd willing her to win
the Aussie Open

Leah Billeam

iv.
What to Make Of It
Fuddidly Duddidly You
Always confusing

Simon Patience

v.
giving you head
don't be too pleased with yourself
something to do

Ian Row

Graffiti haiku

> John bashes Janette
> Maybe John likes boys
> Poor Janette!

Anonymous
Cubicle door at Kino Dendy Cinemas

ugly/pretty

i.
ugly truth
wasn't blind enough to see
through to you

ii.
have i lost my shine?
sooner or later, so pales
the pretty picture

Ian Row

savor the warmth...
fifteen below centigrade
this northern winter

Magyar

Speed Round 11

i.
oh, it's far too hot
for doing speed round haiku
doh, now i'm sweaty

Jason Rostant

ii. ode to www.evanthornley.com
bollocks the public
I'm in it for the fois gras
let them eat cake mate

Patrick McCormick

iii.
breathing in the heat:
breathing out the cool change air -
accordion cat

Cathy Dineen

iv.
Lying warm under
her frayed khaki patchwork rug
this Summer country.

Chris Gill

v.
hey buddy, yeah you
aren't you a little old
to be skateboarding?

Ian Row

Two haiku about 'love and charity'

i.
love and charity
take whatever I can get
i am yours, all yours

Ian Row

ii.
love and charity
do you need a reminder?
upper left bicep

Jenny Morris

Bill's New Year Haiku: A Suite

i.
new year's eve
at the country club
golden oldies

ii.
auld lang syne —
two strangers decide
to hook up

iii.*
new year's party
the divorced couple
leaves together

*first published in A New Resonance 5: Emerging Voices in English Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, 2007.

Bill Kenney

deep end
treading water does not come
naturally

Ian Row