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

Roundtable of friends
Sharing food binds the spirit
Come closer he said

For Amanda

Ian Row

Sad, replaced, and lost
she wanders old and in pain.
Friends dazzled by new.

Steve Andrews

festivity time
friends, gossip, tales told and more -
steak night at commune

Cathy Dineen

Five haiku about other people being boring

i.
too boring for words
Herald Sun reader... deep sigh
is this contagious?

ii.
mastermind
special subject: how to bore
No contest - You win!

iii.
When you are talking
paint dries, grass grows, brain cells die
Silence is golden.

iv.
if i annoy you
the way you annoy me, how
can we still be friends?

v.
wish i was homeward
bound instead, to you. alas
want to be alone.

Jenny Morris

Speed Round 7

i.
crystal clear water
local pool, hardly a soul
early morning dip

Leah Billeam

ii.
there's rain on the way
mugs of cocoa, trashy books -
hibernation time!

Cathy Dineen

iii.
Dropping acid
would be simplier
on Fridays.

Karen McVean

iv.
how did we get here?
words, then war. now, an impasse
my turn to wait

Ian Row

v.
Showdown with old friend
In fact, not old and not friend
In fact not showdown

Chris Gill

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