buddy lost his case
jeff thinks he's still the boss man
back in your box mate

Cathy Dineen

One more haiku about a train ride

Train ride to Fairfield
Daily confined, we stare out.
My life in a zoo

Terry the Thylacine

Four haiku about a train ride

i.
train ride to Fairfield
the passengers, disengaged
disempowered

ii.
train ride to Fairfield
great walls of tags but no
imagination

iii.
train ride to Fairfield
can hear your iPod screaming
bad form and bad taste

iv.
train ride to Fairfield
rain - cyclist hitches a ride
too wet, pussycat?

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 26 Part 4 of 4

i.
Falling from my self
Couldn't even notice it
A gear of life gone.

Lucas Ryan

ii.
a mind of its own,
body makes a fool of me.
new medication.

Ian Row

iii.
Haiku is easy
If you speak like a Dalek
Just 5-7-5

Sutekh the Destroyer

iv.
Have this heart to break
You've broken it once before
Next time it'll hurt less

Neve

v.
i don't know at all
clouds or love or friendship tales
but I love joni

inspired by Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now'

Dawn Mok

vi.
Spring versus Winter -
will frost destroy the blossoms?
No, but Summer will.

Chris Gill

vii.
Why oh why George?
Man who gave me confidence
Now he's just nothing

Simon Patience

viii.
how quickly you turned.
surprise! a tenuous friendship.
I'm finished with you.

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 26 Part 3 of 4

i.
Should be about now?
Ok, bepanthen fingers
Moisten tattooed crust

ii.
And Melbourne morning
Rain relieves parched earth, but still
Not barcelona

iii.
So another day
Of daily grind recalling
far places...happy

Jason Rostant

Spot Haiku 26 Part 2 of 4

i.
the great divide 'tween
you and me
is all of me

ii.
love, separated
from both giver and taker
is still and distilled

Dawn Mok

Spot Haiku 26 Part 1 of 4

i.
Another crap day
More horrid field-code errors
Curse you, Microsoft!

ii.
Ahh! Brand new hardware!
But the monitor won’t work
New drivers needed.

Sutekh The Destroyer

Adelaidia: Outro

no thanks to Tiger
presence of mind was absent
excess baggage charge

Ian Row

Adelaidia: Suite 4

i.
checked and challenged
my knowledge of your people
museum

ii.
16:30hrs
never too late for pancakes
turn right @ Rundle

Ian Row

Adelaidia: Suite 3

i.
art exhibition
finds a home in cathedral
open heart surgery

ii.
wrong turn at the mall
Pancake Palace is out of reach
my cravings unmet

iii.
no show at dinner
was counting on company
still counting on you

Ian Row

Adelaidia: Suite 2

i.Port Adelaide
two prams, three kids
one family on the move
homeless in transit

ii.Semaphore
a passing stranger
asks for my leftover chips
the half we don't know

iii.CBD
hypochondriac
post viral chronic fatigue
i nod and say 'aaah'

Ian Row

Adelaidia: Suite 1

i.Wayne
dumpling house
stranger makes conversation
God, was that you?

ii.
sibling rivalry
Adelaide and Victorians
who hated who first

iii.
Waterfall Gully
straightforward work of nature
simple perfection

iv.
in the cool quiet
camelias, rhododendrons
you, me, Mount Lofty

v.
here
you wait longer for the lights
to change

Ian Row

Adelaidia*: Intro

*Adelaide, South Australia

do i have to write?
even i don't want to know!
write under duress

Ian Row

On Nationalism

"Death to tyrants,"
says Terry the Thylacine
"so I can eat them!"

Terry the Thylacine

wake up birthday girl
you've had your workshop session
go forward in faith

for Wibbly Pig

Wibbley

hasty reaction
no lesson taught just angry
words to shame and break

Ian Row

takeaway noodles
everything here tastes the same
one trick pony

Ian Row

piss me off you may.
mistake your intent? never!
i know you by heart.

Ian Row

I made clear too late
my droll, ironic intent.
Now I've pissed him off.

Chris Gill

Why did I decide
To take on a PhD?
This is Hell on Earth.

Sutekh the Destroyer

a morning gallavant
the lazy afternoon nap
evening of potential

Ian Row