Hot Cross Haiku

A haiku about Womadelaide

2012-01-27T11:46:00.001+11:00

no bongos for me
the endless percussiveness
Nowomadelaide

Ian Row

2012-01-27T11:45:00.002+11:00

Cold sore eruption
You're a dirty dirty girl
No husband for you

Ian Row

2012-01-27T11:44:00.001+11:00

moonlit frangipani —
kissing the white part
of her thighs

Violette Rose-Jones

A haiku written on a warm December day in Chicago

2012-01-27T11:43:00.002+11:00

bouncing up and down
cheerfully, Canada geese
blue waves of the lake

Carol Ruth Kimmel

2012-01-27T11:41:00.002+11:00

above his bed
glow in the dark stars;
I count them

Violette Rose-Jones

House shares a secret

2012-01-01T21:40:00.002+11:00

house shares a secret
the ceiling painted over
glow in the dark stars

Ian Row

The heat brings it home

2012-01-01T21:39:00.002+11:00

the heat brings it home
can't move and outrun your mind
house in disorder

Ian Row

A thief is a thief

2011-12-08T11:48:00.003+11:00

A thief is a thief
Can’t even trust a brother
Jaryd Killop steals

Ian Row

2011-12-07T09:13:00.000+11:00

i.
Ugly migrant child
evokes lesser sympathy
bright local babies

ii.
7.48
no seats on city bound train
suburb spillover

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 34

2011-12-04T01:36:00.001+11:00

i.
close air hold its own
in winter's final weather
pale light breaks through glass

Catherine Dineen

ii.
In Australia
my right to equality
is traded for votes.

Chris Gill

iii.
Control the ego
Protect it and subsume it
Looking for balance

Simon Patience

iv.
rain reigns night and day
tyranny of wet and grey
when'll you go away?

Dawn Mok

v.
Everyday is Christmas
Every night is New Year’s eve
Sade in my house

*contains a lyric written by Sade Adu and Martin Ditcham

Ian Row

vi.
drunk and fat I see
it must be that time of year
Jesus' birthday

Catherine Dineen

2011-12-04T01:23:00.002+11:00

New York traffic jam
Sun pouring through the window
Sweating my ass off

Neil Krieger

2011-12-04T01:22:00.001+11:00

so it's come to this...
life in a fragile time;
drinking in secret

Catherine Dineen

2011-12-04T01:21:00.003+11:00

Change comes, but slowly -
Three steps forward, two steps back
Its sweet time, taken

Jeff Patterson

2011-12-04T01:21:00.001+11:00

Sweet, foreign crushes
on number-poets happen -
Strange perhaps, but true

Jeff Patterson

these socks

2011-11-14T23:57:00.003+11:00

these socks aren't mine
must be dad's; think twice - oh hell
walking in your shoes

Ian Row

Sorrow

2011-10-19T21:15:00.002+11:00

Her beautiful hands
Told me her story, as they
Swept away her tears

Natalie Au

Return to Sender

2011-10-19T17:21:00.000+11:00

Return to sender
"No longer at this address"
Missing: Cindy Sprague

Ian Row

2011-10-18T19:27:00.001+11:00

there you go again
even after all this time
you are everywhere

Ian Row

2011-10-11T18:10:00.003+11:00

I shall never see
a poem as lovely as
an empty inbox

Sophie Buchanan

Epic fail GP

2011-10-06T17:44:00.002+11:00

Epic fail GP
Where are your f**king manners?
This will cost you

Ian Row

National Poetry Week - Part 3

2011-09-09T14:29:00.004+10:00

i.
Lovefield airspace
the baby cries no louder
than its mother

ii.
meeting my birth mum
the cabbie talks about
spring equinoxes

iii.
baby photographs
I find another cool spot
in the pillow

iv.
cider and beer
we talk about us again
as brother and sister

v.
coming into land
so many sunrises
over rooftops

vi.
Brisbane airport
the quarantine dog handler's
brief jealously

vii.
Perth grasslands
rainbow lorikeets block my walk
with squabbles

viii.
death of a friend
now I wonder how long
with my birth mum

Alan Summers

National Poetry Week - Part 2

2011-09-09T14:28:00.002+10:00

i.
when poets are loved
as much as footballers are
they won't need "a week"

Cathy Dineen

ii.
New beginnings sprung
Homely impatience gives way
Next stop Seminyak

Jason Rostant

iii.
Hey there birthday boy
Cusp of a new age bracket
Wait for me

Ian Row

iv.
Birthday yum cha
So this is your family
You already made sense

Ian Row

National Poetry Week - Part 1

2011-09-09T14:27:00.002+10:00

i.
A neighbour’s garden
Covet the bright magnolias
Grow pink with envy

Ian Row

ii. Ah, Spring
Post prandial walk
The jasmine’s scent envelops me
With her gentle kiss

Natalie Au

iii.
Spring’s morning rays
Charlie bakes on the deck
Love Boat pussycat

Ian Row

iv.
Like aliens from the sky
Spring blossoms twinkle, twinkle
Spin earth around

Karen McVean

v.
Over here it’s spring
Time to stop hating me
Over there… monsoon

Ian Row

2011-09-05T13:56:00.004+10:00

Silicone ear plugs
The quiet is addictive
You're nothing to me

Ian Row

2011-09-05T13:56:00.002+10:00

Never ending heat
Knowledge, experience, fun
The bell tolls loudly.

Megan Maley

2011-09-05T13:55:00.002+10:00

Those layers I shed
Lie scattered here at my feet
Thank God that's over.

Cathy Dineen

2011-09-02T14:44:00.000+10:00

"Clean Fridge Friday"
Expiry date and your name!
Jane: forever

Ian Row

Case Reference: ah/66380

2011-08-06T19:47:00.002+10:00

'gesture of goodwill'
Metro: two dailys, just this once
Admission of nothing

Ian Row

Jung’s Shadow

2011-08-03T20:44:00.001+10:00

Some gifts are wanted
And some gifts are unwanted
My gift is madness

Natalie Au

Tour de Force

2011-08-03T20:43:00.001+10:00

Cadel Evans you’re
my hero. Such a great smile
easy on the eye

Natalie Au

2011-07-31T17:36:00.001+10:00

Words with friends
I smell a word generator
Silence with friends

Ian Row

For Bear*

2011-07-30T21:36:00.000+10:00

May the grass be sweet
And the riders not too fat
In horsey heaven

Cathy Dineen

*my favourite riding school horse, died at the ripe old age of 27.
Fearless but caring, he will be missed.

2011-07-25T23:55:00.001+10:00

reach for my empty
pocket like a phantom limb
a wallet thieved

Ian Row

2011-07-25T00:28:00.003+10:00

preface to mission
at some point I'd like pie
calibrate my needs

Ian Row

2011-07-22T22:34:00.002+10:00

beneath saffron robes
a nipple peekabooed
flash enlightenment

Dawn Mok

American, saying goodbye to a friend after joint trip to Hawai'i

2011-07-22T22:31:00.003+10:00

airport shuttle bus
early plane flies back to Aus.
Aloha, dear friend.

Carol Ruth Kimmel

2011-07-21T17:20:00.001+10:00

on her nipple
a drip of yellow paint
sunday afternoon

Violette Rose-Jones

2011-07-16T15:19:00.002+10:00

Ice cream disaster
An oil spill of French Vanilla
No complaints from cat

Ian Row

2011-07-16T15:18:00.002+10:00

Friday Carlton rush
Kenton seeks island refuge
Nearly run over

Jason Rostant

2011-07-16T15:16:00.001+10:00

Saturday inspects
Windows to domestic bliss
Will my bid suffice?

Jason Rostant

2011-07-15T22:48:00.000+10:00

Leaves shiver in the
cold winter wind. The ghost gum’s
bark strips as night falls.

Natalie Au

2011-07-15T20:53:00.001+10:00

Unpicked in the night
Dangling full and liquid sweet
Ripe blood orange moon.

Kenton Miller

2011-07-15T19:42:00.005+10:00

i.
this foggy morning
i wear your music to work
the words, the way home

ii.
the pull and the push
love me, love it all away
Friday night full moon

Ian Row

The Page Family Grave – Birdsville Track

2011-07-10T21:07:00.001+10:00

This quiet home; a
Small and poignant warning to
Arrogant tourists.

Cathy Dineen

2011-07-08T13:26:00.001+10:00

i.
the headline read:
public servant perspires
midday G & T

ii.
three day old cupcake
stretching out celebration
death by stale icing

Ian Row

2011-07-08T13:18:00.000+10:00

rainy evening
while stuck in heavy traffic
a tooth aches

Ao-Suzume

2011-07-07T12:16:00.002+10:00

carambolas sliced –
the star of the salad
tossed into the bowl

Gillena Cox

Hot Cross Haiku is Five!

2011-07-04T00:06:00.005+10:00

Thank you to the following hot crossers for your contributions over the last 12 months.

Alan Summers
Cambosis
Cathy Dineen
Cesca Alice
Chris Gill
Clive the Camel
Dawn Mok
Ian Row
Jason Rostant
Jeff Patterson
Jodie Hawthorne
Margaret Quigley
Natalie Au
Neil Krieger
Patrick McCormick
Shawjonathan
Simon Patience
Sutekh the Destroyer
Terry the Thylacine
Violet Rose-Jones
Vitee Jampoka

Now, you do know Hot Cross Haiku has a Facebook group, don’t you?
Well, from today onwards Hot Cross Haiku will reproduce its blog content for its Facebook group. It kinda makes sense and this way, the Facebook group members will never have to go without!

Speed Round 06/11

2011-06-13T22:50:00.003+10:00

i.
Another haiku
I'm not feeling inspired
Today...

Neil Krieger

ii.
Dog Man Star is great
Though some songs are harrowing
It still cleans your soul

Simon Patience

iii.
unsolved Sudoku
the verge of knowing: a view
when I become them

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 33 Part 3 of 3 - All seasons haiku

2011-05-29T13:16:00.005+10:00

i.
Of your own making
The stress you've been creating
Perpetuating

Simon Patience

ii.
Peoplewatching
The passengers at gate 9
Boys I’d like to bonk

Ian Row

iii.
Darting, laughing
On crested wave competing
Dolphins surf

Margaret Quigley

iv. inspired by Emily Dickinson
backscattered
from the lunar surface
the universe my shoe

Alan Summers

v.
sound of jet engine
in my headphones, in my head
wrestles with Boz Scaggs

Ian Row

vi.
Sea sparklingly cool
Glimpsed from nursing home window...
He once drank champagne

Margaret Quigley

Spot Haiku 33 Part 2 of 3 - Winter haiku

2011-05-29T13:15:00.001+10:00

i.
Hunched against the rain
looking down, we see the sky.
Everywhere mirrors!

Chris Gill

ii.
Cold wind breaks the soul
Warm breath on a window pane
Foggy funny face

Cathy Dineen

iii.
Far roam I drinkless
now I need not, I might just
to escape this rain!

Clive the Camel

iv.
Silly placentals
sadly out of place in my
constant forest damp.

Terry the Thylacine

Spot Haiku 33 Part 1 of 3 - Rapture haiku

2011-05-29T13:12:00.001+10:00

i.
Feeling rapturous
Jesus freaks await years' end
Just another day

Jason Rostant

ii.
Fuck the Rapture
Everyday is my last day
Since you went away

Neil Krieger

2011-05-25T00:49:00.000+10:00

i.
Autumn's last leaves cringe...
Winter's icy whispering
Daring them to die

ii.
Autumn's camellias
Farewelling Mother Earth
With blossomed kisses

iii.
First snowflake of winter
Gentle, cool....
Our last kiss

Margaret Quigley

2011-05-01T14:24:00.001+10:00

Culpability
becomes liability
only if you're judged.

Chris Gill

2011-05-01T14:20:00.001+10:00

sunrise
ebony hands
sift the grains

Jodie Hawthorne

Spot Haiku 32

2011-01-31T23:45:00.001+11:00

Excitable kids
They're not usually like this
Parents on repeat

Jason Rostant

Why Australia Post?
The long sad weeks drag on by
My package is lost :-(

Sutekh the Destroyer

2010-12-16T21:27:00.003+11:00

Satisfy my wants -
Excite! Deliver! - and yes,
be sure to mean it

Jeff Patterson

2010-12-16T21:27:00.002+11:00

the word for today
is 'disproportionate'
unequal friends

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 31

2010-12-16T21:26:00.001+11:00

i.
pristine skies reflect
summer's golden promises
new season - new dawn

Cathy Dineen

ii.
Corrupt datasets
Resistentialism reigns
"Things are against us".

Sutekh the Destroyer

iii.
In the park, shoes off
Feet basking in the sun's warmth
No more work today

Natalie Au

iv.
Praise those butterflies!
It's not the other you see -
but the Best of You

Jeff Patterson

2010-11-20T23:21:00.000+11:00

scent of lomandra
in the dusk
we skinnydip

Violette Rose-Jones

2010-10-13T20:30:00.000+11:00

sneakers, suspended
dealer moved out months ago
wait and see in vain

Ian Row

Speed Round September 1.5

2010-10-05T23:51:00.002+11:00

i.
the rainbow insists,
behind nimbus cumulus,
there is always hope.

Ian Row

ii.
the weather broke and
the water on the bay shone.
the sun burned his face

Cathy Dineen

iii.
Castro cap for spring
not warmth but courage he seeks
Seasonal armour

Ian Row

2010-10-05T23:43:00.000+11:00

Yellow beak, red comb
Loudly crowing near your home
Near the leaves of fall.

Eddie Cox

Two haiku about a bad pun about a rooster

2010-10-05T23:39:00.001+11:00

i.
cock a doodle doo
bad pun about your cock but
it's true

Ian Row

ii.
cock a doodle do
green leaves turn yellow then fall
flat like that bad pun

Neil Krieger

Speed Round September 1.4

2010-09-25T18:02:00.002+10:00

i.
black, white and red flags
fill the streets with footy fizz
go pies or go saints!!

Cathy Dineen

ii.
suburban beacon
station flooded in lights, snubs
tracing paper moon

Ian Row

iii.
Trains' rhythmic cycle
Like addicts' whirring, whining
Chasin' their own tracks

Jason Rostant

iv.
Handmade chocolates
Shaped by love n' stained with sweat
A li’l piece of you

I'll feed you
but first you'll have to
open wide

Dawn Mok

v.
Will you be my friend?
Look how many friends I have!
Nerdy Facebookworm.

Chris Gill

vi.
I am in class
Looking out at the big tree
Beautiful to me

Vitee Jampoka

vii.
flower pressed pansy
bookends a moment misfired
never in question

Ian Row

Speed Round September 1.3

2010-09-21T22:40:00.004+10:00

i.
Here, where I belong
There, where I’m located
Life in absentia

Ian Row

ii.
boundaries of prose
restrict my creative flow.
limericks are fun!

Cesca Alice

iii.
However it goes,
it goes. However, it goes!
How, ever it, goes.

Chris Gill

iv.
and so time passed on
I saw the sun reflected -
shadows on the wall

Cathy Dineen

2010-09-19T23:39:00.001+10:00

fugly mormon
how you gonna pull for God
with a mug like that

Ian Row

2010-09-19T23:36:00.002+10:00

Me, marionette +
You, man holding strings =
One sad, fucked up show

Jeff Patterson

2010-09-13T21:19:00.002+10:00

Ignorant US er
believes the US way
is nature

shawjonathan

Speed Round September 1.2

2010-09-13T00:36:00.000+10:00

i.
dear ignorant oz
the spring equinox starts spring
not bloody sept 1st

Patrick McCormick

ii.
when cold winds dash 'gainst
numbed hands and feet i feel like
roast lamb with mint sauce

Cathy Dineen

iii.
you lie
gospel according to you
i close my eyes

Ian Row

2010-09-13T00:31:00.003+10:00

i.
mother in wheelchair
'never, ever' came today
here comes tomorrow

ii.
mother in wheelchair
let's put the blame on traction
not your brittle bones

Ian Row

Speed Round September 1.1

2010-09-07T22:19:00.002+10:00

i.
August was so cruel
Dark places can but improve
A brighter day now.

Sutekh the Destroyer

ii.
what beats beneath this
wintry darkness and windswept
city? silent hope!

Cathy Dineen

iii.
My fingers let loose
Across a new whizz bang toy
Sent from my iPhone

Cambosis

iv.
my heart is full of
spring thoughts and poppy flowers
bring on the sunshine

Cathy Dineen

v.
Climax approaches.
Pinnacle? Cataclysm?
For sure - start again.

Chris Gill

2010-07-31T21:00:00.002+10:00

Winds keep me Alive
As invisible friends, fam
and lovers to be

Jeff Patterson

An osteopathic haiku

2010-07-30T23:24:00.004+10:00

tingling sensation
she's in love with her osteo
her heart in his hand

Ian Row

2010-07-30T23:24:00.003+10:00

Of my savagery
(being extinct as I am)
you can only guess.

Terry the Thylacine

2010-07-30T23:23:00.001+10:00

Sun so far awry!
Bare branches implore pearl sky
(the ground never dry).

Chris Gill

2010-07-30T23:22:00.001+10:00

charity chocolate.
one box, only because I
thought he could be God.

Ian Row

2010-07-25T22:01:00.001+10:00

do the chores, she said
i need help with the laundry
that's not all, he thought

Neil Krieger

2010-07-14T22:41:00.001+10:00

soy latte wafts through
barely masks the smell of old men
rehab session

Ian Row

2010-07-12T22:07:00.003+10:00

that was uncool, babe
let's draw a line in sand
you stand over there

Ian Row

2010-07-12T21:58:00.001+10:00

the cookie crumbles
time to bring out the voodoo doll
your unravelling

Ian Row

2010-07-12T01:55:00.001+10:00

a script to ensure
i rise above, be gracious
against my nature

Ian Row

2010-07-10T20:46:00.001+10:00

‘though I ask and ask:
Deterministic modeling?
These cats know nothing.

Sutekh The Destroyer

2010-07-10T20:45:00.001+10:00

Sorrow deserves rest
You've such little time left here
Be kind, let her sleep

Jeff Patterson

2010-07-05T23:13:00.001+10:00

An honest savage
leaving my rainforest home
looks on your smooth lies.

Terry the Thylacine

2010-07-05T20:26:00.000+10:00

Struggling to wake up
Cloudy head, seductive warmth
Of my goose down quilt

Natalie Au

Hot Cross Haiku is Four!

2010-07-04T00:06:00.013+10:00

Here’s to us!
We wouldn’t be, if not for you.
So thank you.

Alan Summers
Anonymous
Attachai Had-an
Betty Bogan
Big Koala
Bill Kenney
Bumpo
Cambosis
Cathy Dineen
Cesca Alice
Chanida Supapa
Comrade Harps
Cutler E.Wrights
Chris Gill
Dawn Mok
Deverhart2010
Doug Hamilton
Jason Rostant
Jeff Patterson
Jenny Morris
Jo Gill
Kanita Panjakul
Karen McVean
Kreangkrai (Bew)
Kulwadee Ekkaphojmethee
Leah Billeam
Lucas Ryan
Matt Ryan
Mui
Napawan Chabkangwan
Nathapon Suksawad
Nattiya Apiwat
Nawaporn Amornyut
Neil Krieger
Neve
Niparat hanhiam (aka gate)
On-among Kituam
Paetongtal (Pim)
Papawadee Salakphet
Paul Rozario
Pornthiwa Khanthasamram
Rattanaporn Thawin (aka Ann)
Salisa Thanakit (aka Bua)
Sharkbite von Herringattack
Simon Patience
Sutekh The Destroyer
Tadcha Nujuk
Terry the Thylacine
Thatphang Patsanguan
Timothy K
Walter Ego
Wanthida Sawotdimongkhon
Wattanachai Chawalitchaichan
Wibbley

A special thank you to Ian Robertson for bringing the students of
Tratratrankhun Suksa School to Hot Cross Haiku.

And shout outs to:
Damien Rundell
Hot Cross Haiku Facebook group members
and
Terry the Thylacine (when are you coming home?)

Speed Round 15 Part 5 of 5

2010-07-03T21:19:00.001+10:00

i.
Writ large on the screen
The show mirrors your failings
Leaving you shitty

ii.
You are important
So if I leave you sometimes
It's just to come back

iii.
The need to move on
Always means sacrificing
Something that is good

iv.
That dumb old Clash song
"Should I Stay Or Should I Go?'
Echoes profoundly

Simon Patience

Speed Round 15 Part 4 of 5

2010-07-03T21:18:00.000+10:00

i.
Six days left of work
Thailand beaches beckoning,
Insurmountable

ii.
Butt towel for my butt
Crotch grabbing hunk of meat says-
Fuck you winter chill

iii.
August following
Change good as a holiday
All things up for grabs

Jason Rostant

Speed Round 15 Part 3 of 5

2010-07-03T21:08:00.003+10:00

i.Train window
Looking out is in!
On the view and each other
passengers reflect.

Chris Gill

ii.
Something to cuddle
Burmese kitten, Kelpie cross
A winter boyfriend

Ian Row

iii.
beneath my calmness
twitching like a wounded hound -
anxiety's hand

Cathy Dineen

iv.
Low fat pork sausage
Lifts me out of the abyss
A life worth living

Ian Row

v.
those footprints I know
on this asian squat toilet
i been here to long

Walter Ego

Speed Round 15 Part 2 of 5

2010-07-03T21:07:00.001+10:00

i.
Farewell to Kevin
That last week in politics
Was such a long time

ii.
Hello Julia
mix and match it with the best
a tough nut to crack

Leah Billeam

Speed Round 15 Part 1 of 5

2010-07-03T21:04:00.003+10:00

i.
Behold the newborn
Ancient, infinite wisdom
Diapered and divine

ii.
Who are you, really?
Minus the memories and dreams
You're ALIVE, NOW

Jeff Patterson

2010-06-30T22:12:00.001+10:00

spoiled brat media chick
rework your key messages
damage control

Ian Row

2010-06-30T22:11:00.000+10:00

cyclone tracey
collapses into herself
landscape ripped apart

Ian Row

2010-06-30T22:10:00.000+10:00

power failure
lemongrass yakitori don
brought to you by gas

Ian Row

2010-06-30T22:08:00.001+10:00

you said, i said
in between words, between lines
between us

Ian Row

2010-06-30T22:05:00.000+10:00

choose
in the end, ultimatum
two sides, one truth

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 30

2010-06-27T20:31:00.000+10:00

i.
update my profile
advert neo vox populi
nobody reads

Walter Ego

ii.
frozen edges of
days that turn my nights to stone
give me doona dreams

Cathy Dineen

iii.
During a windstorm,
balance out the winds with a
cello concerto.

Chris Gill

iv.
Wet ancient city
Saw both Venus and David
Florence in summer

Matt Ryan

v.
Local laundromat
Dissed by Islander woman
Guess I’m not your bro

Ian Row

vi.
those numbers help you
see your own mortality -
run for your life, girl

Cathy Dineen

2010-06-26T23:44:00.003+10:00

The psychedelic
reflections of sunlight give
the swimming pool soul

Jeff Patterson

2010-06-26T23:40:00.001+10:00

today very hot
I want to go to the pond
I will swimming

Kreangkrai (Bew)