Saturday, October 31, 2015

Trick or treat
See that 'Do Not Knock' sign there?
'No fun' neighbours

Ian Row
Saturday drive by
On line with The Internet
Choons to cruise to

Ian Row

Friday, October 30, 2015

An old pair of jeans:
Will never see the other 
side of 32.

Ian Row

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Upside down
Boy you turn me inside out
Round and Round

Ian Row
(with apologies to @nilerodgers and Bernard Edwards)
Image by Ian Row

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

A father and son
on the train remind me how 
far I am from home

Ian Row
My new letterbox
soon attracted new letters.
Build it, they will come.

Chris Gill
Image by Chris Gill

Monday, October 26, 2015

Sidewalks heave and crack
Tree roots in Singapore are
stronger than cement

Alison Lester


Dew on the bonnet
Like goosebumps on the Morris
Glad to be alive

Ian Row

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Rules number 1
and 2 ... don't write mean letters ...
don't write mean letters

Carol Ruth Kimmel

Thursday, October 22, 2015

But you just got home!
You promised you'd do a roast.
That chicken won't keep.

Charlie
Image by Ian Row

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Best laid plans undone.
The nap that never happened.
Unrelenting day.

Kenton Penley Miller

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Anti ageing cream
arrives in a box what price
elasticity

Ian Row

Sunday, October 18, 2015

The persistence
of predictive test
is impressive

Ian Row
Blue collar bully
Can't pick and choose your neighbours
Lesson: 'Indicate'

Ian Row

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Spring Fling Festival.
Hundres, thousands of people.
All I see: biceps.

Ian Row

Friday, October 16, 2015

Friend request
Clearly you have forgotten
You can wait

Ian Row

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

a text message
a foot short of an olive branch
i will not beg

Neve
Vulnerability
Why wear your heart on your sleeve
Authenticity

Ian Row

Monday, October 12, 2015

Train haiku - evening

Home bound standing up
Setting sun blinds left of train
Sense of sight trumps touch

Ian Row
All weekend I thought
Monday is so far away.
Yet again you'e here!

Kenton Penley Miller

Train haiku - morning

No seats morning train
No choice lock your knees and hips
Sleeping standing up

Ian Row

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Confessional haiku

I will admit
to liking a bit of
Maureen McGovern

Ian Row

Friday, October 09, 2015

Yeah, I'm comfortable
I'd be more comfortable  if
you brought me dinner

Charlie
Image by Ian Row

Go on, take me in!
I can tweet, file, edit, proofread.
No one will notice.

Charlie
Image by Ian Row

Thursday, October 08, 2015

Uh huh uh huh yep
Blab blah blah oh FFS
Don't you ever stop

Charlie
Image by Ian Row

Once he loved that face
For its handsome features. Now
he just loves that face.

Kenton Penley Miller

Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Monday, October 05, 2015

Bus stop new friend made
Heart open at face value
Her voice the way home

Ian Row

Sunday, October 04, 2015

You can see it there
Walking, glowing on his phone
He's on smitten lad.

Kenton Penley Miller

Friday, October 02, 2015

Sympathetic stretch
The cat and I rise, assume
our positions

Ian Row

Thursday, October 01, 2015

Hello Kitty
Free with used mattress
Goodbye Kitty

Ian Row

Living so near the
Equator, how do you explain
your frigid heart?

Jeff Patterson
thank god it was you
anyone else i'd be fried
egg shell in my cake

Ian Row

Calendar haiku: October

Far away the birds go -
on the water are ripples
made washing a hoe

Buson (1716 - 1784)

Two Cranes
by Ohara Shoson (Koson) (1877 - 1945)