Bill's New Year Haiku: A Suite

i.
new year's eve
at the country club
golden oldies

ii.
auld lang syne —
two strangers decide
to hook up

iii.*
new year's party
the divorced couple
leaves together

*first published in A New Resonance 5: Emerging Voices in English Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, 2007.

Bill Kenney

Spot Haiku 19

i.
the light that startles
stripping off winter layers
alabaster skin

Cathy Dineen

ii.
Eyes clear and twinkling
notice strangers on a train
hairy legs weather

Chris Gill

iii.
Sun strikes my cold skin
Melts the ice of indifference
And new desires begin

Doug Hamilton

iv.
morning walk to work
ipod, sun, still coolish breeze
good to be alive

Jason Rostant

iv.
days kicking nighttime,
open car windows spill rap and
sidewalks show some skin

Patrick McCormick

v.
Sun melts mountains’ mantle.
From warm soil snow juice flows to
Dark bud’s white blossom.

Doug Hamilton

vi.
Newly disembarked,
the Spring air smells like honey.
There's no place like home

Chris Gill

vii.
winter withdrawal
harder to hide imperfections
when there's less to wear

Ian Row

New Year Haiku 2

i.
she awakes
amongst strangers
to the first light of the year

for Kris at the Woodford Folk Festival

ii.
new year dawns:
last night’s fireworks
tingle on her lips

for Spanki

iii.
in birdsong dawn
greeting the new year
naked

Ross Clarke

Money from strangers
Loose change for parking meter
Is that an omen

Ian Row