Merciless summer

Merciless summer
Cat motionless on floorboards
Too hot to cuddle

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 22

i.
half full/half empty
hanging in the balance is
equally tiring

Ian Row

ii.
Early morning dark
It's not just the air that's hot
He sweats, moans and sleeps

Jason Rostant

iii.
Exhausted on court
the crowd willing her to win
the Aussie Open

Leah Billeam

iv.
What to Make Of It
Fuddidly Duddidly You
Always confusing

Simon Patience

v.
giving you head
don't be too pleased with yourself
something to do

Ian Row

Speed Round 11

i.
oh, it's far too hot
for doing speed round haiku
doh, now i'm sweaty

Jason Rostant

ii. ode to www.evanthornley.com
bollocks the public
I'm in it for the fois gras
let them eat cake mate

Patrick McCormick

iii.
breathing in the heat:
breathing out the cool change air -
accordion cat

Cathy Dineen

iv.
Lying warm under
her frayed khaki patchwork rug
this Summer country.

Chris Gill

v.
hey buddy, yeah you
aren't you a little old
to be skateboarding?

Ian Row

Speed Round 6

i.Dinner:
One week till pay day
And the cupboard is empty
It's noodles again

Matthew Ryan

ii.
New hopes, revived dreams
For one seventy an hour
Stand tall and smile, girl

Jenny Morris

iii.
warm mid afternoon
such un-seasonal weather
hot summer coming ?

Leah B

iv.Tonight's Dinner
End of week pantry
Deserted as the Sahara
Pasta again.

Shell Pocock

Scorching hot Texas day.
Embers catch in tall dry grass,
Ripples on Fire Pond.

Jeff Herbert