Two haiku written just after the Hot Cross Haiku anniversary event at Lady Bower Kitchen

i.
Noice Reservoir shops
Love-in my 2 dollar treasures
brekkie of champions

Karen McVean 

ii.

'breakfast of champions'

resentful presentation

meatballs by vegan

Ian Row

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


Ian Row

Stormy August sky
still accumulating more
tumultuous clouds

Carol Ruth Kimmel

We're six!

Shout-outs to the following Hot Crossers:

Alan Summers

Annie Jeffries

Ao-Suzume

Cathy Dineen

Carol Ruth Kimmel

Chris Gill

Dawn Mok

Gillena Cox

Guhan Subramaniam

Ian Row

James Fetherson

James Von Sutekh

Jason Rostant

Jeff Patterson

Jenny Morris

Karen McVean

Kenton Miller

Megan Maley

Natalie Au

Neil Krieger

Sophie Buchanan

Simon Patience

Sue Ficke Siebert

Violette Rose-Jones

 

And to everyone who’s been following the blog and everyone who’s 

part of the Facebook group, thank you for your continued support.

Teddy Pendergrass

Soul man sings from heart, and mind

Sensibility

Ian Row

Regret is to the mind

what guilt is to the soul, what 

cancer is to flesh 

Denise Barrett

Spot Haiku 37 - Part 2

i.

Grad-u-ate today

Enlightenment, growth and change

Advent of fresh start

Megan Maley

ii.

sea shells and sponges

beaches i  dont remember

souvenir or proof

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 37 - Part 1

i. 

wedding in autumn

falling leaves like confetti

a bridesmaid's bouquet

Ian Row

ii. A Glimpse of Autumn

Scarlet, crimson leaves

float to the dance floor and waltz

in the autumn breeze

Natalie Au

iii.

this is the last year

her leaves will reach for the roof

the dying begins

Ian Row

Participation

Participation
Isn't always saying yes
Learn priorities

Jason Rostant

Library music

Library music
Way too loud for this grandma
Giving music space

Sue Ficke Seibert

My whites, freshly washed
hung out a chill Winter's day
clean & frost-sparkly!

Chris Gill

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Black reconstruction
African slaves carnival
Let there be music

Again

Rebellion and Dance
No sacrilege this worship
Let there be music

Again

Calypso satire
Protest celebration soars
Let there be music

Again

Annie Jeffries

Perth, WA – Part 3 of 3

i.

Your Catholic ways

may bring you closer to God

A wedge between us

ii.

Lost in Mandurah

A country town conspires

to entrap tourists

iii.

You, me, here, right now

Once upon a second life

Us in first person

iv.

Getting to know you

all over again – a place

we’ve never been

v.

Windmills win over

plastic flowers, live bouquets

Freo cemetery

Ian Row

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

Perth, WA – Part 1 of 3

i.

Going west; coming

back to where we started

a lifetime ago

ii.

A streetscape unchanged

Pizza Express, my old house

Points on my mind map

iii.

Day one, Friday night

Steve - my Air BNB host

Fish between friends

Ian Row

In the moment, sense
flees and enchantment enthralls.
Luminosity

Annie Jeffries

New clock radio
Enigmatic Instructions
Another late start

James Von Sutekh

Dried flecks of cat food
Circling the rim of the cup
Oh - it's your oatmeal.

Guhan Subramaniam

Submitted by Kenton Miller

Spot Haiku 36

i.
Autumn rains
Soak into woollen jackets
Risotto tonight

Cathy Dineen

ii.
Angst as things collide,
In haste I may have bitten
More than I can chew.

James Fetherson

iii.
Scissor Sisters' new song
It's incredibly campy
Fantastically so

Simon Patience

iv.
killing me softly
with double stuffed Oreos
slowy and surely

Ian Row

v.
trip-trip tripping the
anesthetic fantastic
a sub-consc tourist

Dawn Mok

vi. Blame
You were reckless with
my heart. The damage you’ve done,
you thoughtless fugger.


Natalie Au