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

no goodbyes
but we had months of Sundays and
forever ago.

Ian Row

"We'll miss you heaps, Bounce"

traffic lights changing
mad dashing against the red
roadkill wannabes

Kenton Penley Miller

Last night's yellow moon

last night's yellow moon
coquettish, her face behind
laced curtains of cloud

Ian Row

My tears from heaven

If nothing else, think
of me when you see, hear, feel
and smell the raindrops.

Natalie Au

On Sydney Harbour
pleasure craft must give way to
us manly fairies.

Chris Gill