Perth, WA – Part 2 of 3

i.

Norfolk Island pines

as Cottesloe as John Street's

eggs benedict

ii.

How do you explain

a lapse of eighteen years?

Life went on.

iii.

Long slow desire

The flesh is willing, unfolds

Old habits die hard

iv.

To get to LA

all her teddy bears must go

Melville car boot sale

v.

“This goes with your jeans….”

Her sales pitch is pitch perfect

A compliment paid

vi.

Busker

Xavier Rudd soundalike

Who are you?

Ian Row

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

Catherine Dineen

Two haiku about sausages for lunch

i.
sausages for lunch
legal team's proposition
barter trade or bribe

Ian Row

ii.
Sausages for lunch.
Could life be any better?
Yes! If there was sauce!

Chris Gill

Cryogenic cure -
frozen in time and in space
changes your life how?

Steve Andrews

Spot Haiku 18

i.
History, politics -
with marble, bronze and newsprint
DC streets are lined.

Chris Gill

ii.
its been a year now
life travels on regardless -
lit a candle for him

Cathy Dineen

iii.
Sunshine, holidays
Birthday Father, Singapore
Two birds with one stone

Leah Billeam

Speed Round 9

i.
Haiku I gave you
All the best years of my life
No syllables left

Jenny Morris

ii.Sales Frenzy
so many layers
and such a small cubicle
gonna guess my size....

Cathy Dineen

iii.
Is this the same place?
Old landmarks roll by dreamlike,
foggy dawn train ride.

Chris Gill

iv.
Midlife Glasses
Prada, prodesign, ted baker - focus, not cuss
Here's looking at you

Karen McVean

v.
baby delicious
is becoming stale and hard.
all men are bastards!

Cesca Alice

vi.
one last trough hurrah
inducing mid-winter warmth
dance, your ecstacy

Jason Rostant

vii.
michael rows his boat
ashore... learning to listen,
your voice is your guide

Ian Row

Another Facebook haiku

unsubscribe, he clicked
details of your boring life
go feed someone else

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 13 - Part 1 of 2

two pre-cognitive haiku

i.
soon it will be here
the future will manifest
my life without me

Ian Row

ii.
time to spread my wings
and get the hell out of dodge.
'subject to pay out'

Cesca Alice

Spot Haiku 12

i.
Twenty five today
The brother I never knew
May he rest in peace

Matt Ryan

ii.Eau de Danger (odour danger)
Buy perfume online?
If you haven't smelled it first,
you may wreak a reek.

Chris Gill

iii.
Then one more day
Then it's the weekend again
Where did my life go?

Jenny Morris

iv.
a taxi to work
driver slips me his number
this sure beats walking

Ian Row

Speed Round 5

i.
productivity
is measured by the number
of friends on myspace

Cesca Alice

ii.
Once upon a time,
two young princes got married.
A fairy story.

Chris Gill

iii.
gashed by winter's cold
my face chills, as smokers huddle
around doorways

Karen McVean

iv.
life is short and time
is tight. let's not squander it...
on things that don't count.

Cathy Dineen

In Memoriam: Ben-Fur 1995-2007

for aunt carmen

ashes:
life's parting shot that makes a
mockery of death

Ian Row

A Haiku about Blogging

Blog your empty life
Tell all you have nought in life
Waste of real estate

Paul Rozario

Riverbank Mortality

An old man fishing
asks fate for a life to take
but please, not his own.

Chris Gill

Meditations on Life

i.
it's time to move on
to begin a new chapter
excitement and nerves

ii.
it's almost two years
the boy has really changed
the public service

iii.
resilience; strength
it's about people and place
living and dreaming

iv.
it was a safe place
to rest for a short while
resume the career

'no croquet today'