Spot Haiku 11

i.Spot Haiku
5-7-5 ensemble
a haiku gathering on
email.

Karen McVean

ii.
Rain falling daily
Autumn leaves stick to the ground
The drought has broken

Leah Billeam

iii.
umbrella unfolds
buckles and breaks in the wind
the rain takes aim

Ian Row

iv. Stress
Stress
Swimming in an ocean of hot piss
No smell, no bliss.

Karen McVean

v.
Court of the Unwashed
Remorseful, sorry and free
She lied under oath

Matthew Ryan

vi.
touring the yarra
(birrarung) and mother earth
creature connection

Cathy Dineen

vii.31 May
Shrine of Remembrance
Respecting our Indigenous warriors
hearts, open to prayer.

Karen McVean

Two Haiku about the Bush Administration and the US Military Commissions

you ass of a...
getting away with murder
hell on earth to pay

spin cycle
a laundry list of lies
that won't wash away

Ian Row

touch and go

touch and go: a fusion
of desire and design
and those lyin' eyes.

Ian Row