Between where you are
and where you need to be
one dangerous step

Chris Gill

Aphrodisiac
Japanese books of all kinds
Kinokuniya

Carol Ruth Kimmel

for Leah, William Schoen, Laura and Dwight

Shadows make more legs
on non web-spinning spiders
claiming her new house

Carol Ruth Kimmel

for Linda Rogers

Words with friends

Words with friends
I smell a word generator
Silence with friends

Ian Row

Home

This house is my home
I think I'll stay forever
You are like my house

Ian Row

dementia unit
the old therapy dog
remembers everyone

Joan Prefontaine 
@haikueveryday

My niece sleeps like she's
Halfway through a discus throw
Or figure skating

Alison Lester

empty frames hanging
family history gone
staring - ugly walls

Mandy Bontius @AylaMey

After all
this time -
butterflies

Ian Row

I dream of father

We're hanging a framed picture

So much space to fill

Ian Row

you are no longer
the source of my happiness
and unhappiness

Dawn Mok

A haiku for Dawn Fraser

well well well
why don't you tell us
what you really feel

Ian Row

platform number one
'stand behind the yellow line'
a couple suck face

Ian Row

Calendar haiku: July 2015

Through the town

a little stream is flowing - 

willow branches hanging down

Shiki (1867 - 1902)

Artwork: Benkei Bridge, 1940
by Yoshida Toshi (1911 - 1995)

walking down the street
last night I saw a fox
using the crosswalk

Rosemary
@haikutaxi

And then we were 9!

Happy Birthday to us and thank you heaps to everyone who hot crossed for us over the last 12 months. Here's the blogroll for 2014/2015:

Alison Lester
Anna Grace
Anna Hyland
Anonymous
Buson
Carol D'Cruz
CRK/Carol Ruth Kimmel
Cesca Alice
Charlie (the cat)
Chris Gill
Dawn Mok
Douglas Martin
Gonsui
Grant Lee Phillips
Hashin
Ian Row
James Sutekh
Jeff Patterson
Jenny Morris
Jim McKay
KPM/Kenton Penley Miller
Kito
Leah Billeam
Mary K Witte
Michael Leunig
Michael Stipe
Natsume Soseki
Onitsura
Orlando
Ramon Loyola
Ratsentsu
Rick Roth
Rocket
Rocky
Sarah Rae
Sharon Lee
Soin
SVU
Teishitsu
Tom Gilroy
Virginia Gay
William Schoen

and then some days with
out any clear reasons why
it's just easier

Ian Row

When deciding to
play the game it is best to
first consider the prize

Ian Row

On the opposite
ends of the tram. Did you 
see me not see you?

Ian Row

Shopping mall busker
in his bed, his curled up dog
Harmony vocal

Ian Row