No crusty baguettes

no crusty baguettes
most people don't dig hard bread
gourmet delusion

Ian Row

Form versus function

form versus function
perfect bound or saddle stitch
that is the question

Ian Row

oh michael jackson!
in nineteen-eighty I would
have spent time with you.

Jeanne Frayne

Seeking the infinite

seeking the finite

brings me full circle back

to the infinite

Dawn Mok

Curse you snooze button!

Curse you snooze button!

Tempting siren of deceit

Now I'm late again.

James Von Sutekh

Grace lives in the space

Grace lives in the space

sincere smiles are found that

at one time held tears

Jeff Patterson

Speed Round 22

i.

Bravery, be mine

Not by pill or liquid - no

Rise from the heart, true

Jeff Patterson

ii.

Deceased estate! Yay!

Supply chain of pre-loved goods.

Must contain my joy.

Ian Row

iii.

You again

Causing my reflex to flex

Hard habit to break

Neve

iv.

Continental cake

Twice the cream on the corner

Death by sweet tooth

Ian Row

v.

When truck and train meet

Both road and rail become blocked

Phew! No-one was hurt.

Chris Gill

vi.

After forever

I find you; seeing you was

on my bucket list

Ian Row

vii.

Midst tumultuous

Change and hope and chance events

I sit – Buddha-like

Cathy Dineen

Like a sweet dessert -
All my moves, my words with friends -
You, I save for last

Jeff Patterson

Subconsciously
stockpiling soy milk
Suspect

Ian Row

Friends to non-lovers,
Boys to men, soul-bound brothers -
How far, you and I!

Jeff Patterson

What's a nice car like
you doing being driven...
Northern suburbs skank.

Ian Row

i.

i tried but couldn't

capture your loneliness and

your pain in three lines

ii.

your body fails you

your mind a mischievous twin

anger, then madness 

Ian Row

A blog of old signs
I found, and knew at once for
whom this was a sign.

Chris Gill

i.
unconditional
timely reminders denote
the law between us

ii.
sea shells and sponges
beaches i dont remember
souvenir or proof

Ian Row

Spring Surprise

i.
Officially dead
The wattle beaten, broken
Howling gale force winds

ii.
Surprise
That spring could be so
Destructive

 

Ian Row

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