A thief is a thief

A thief is a thief
Can’t even trust a brother
Jaryd Killop steals

Ian Row

i.
Ugly migrant child
evokes lesser sympathy
bright local babies

ii.
7.48
no seats on city bound train
suburb spillover

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 34

i.
close air hold its own
in winter's final weather
pale light breaks through glass

Catherine Dineen

ii.
In Australia
my right to equality
is traded for votes.

Chris Gill

iii.
Control the ego
Protect it and subsume it
Looking for balance

Simon Patience

iv.
rain reigns night and day
tyranny of wet and grey
when'll you go away?

Dawn Mok

v.
Everyday is Christmas
Every night is New Year’s eve
Sade in my house

*contains a lyric written by Sade Adu and Martin Ditcham

Ian Row

vi.
drunk and fat I see
it must be that time of year
Jesus' birthday

Catherine Dineen

New York traffic jam
Sun pouring through the window
Sweating my ass off

Neil Krieger

so it's come to this...
life in a fragile time;
drinking in secret

Catherine Dineen

Change comes, but slowly -
Three steps forward, two steps back
Its sweet time, taken

Jeff Patterson

Sweet, foreign crushes
on number-poets happen -
Strange perhaps, but true

Jeff Patterson

these socks

these socks aren't mine
must be dad's; think twice - oh hell
walking in your shoes

Ian Row

Sorrow

Her beautiful hands
Told me her story, as they
Swept away her tears

Natalie Au

Return to Sender

Return to sender
"No longer at this address"
Missing: Cindy Sprague

Ian Row

there you go again
even after all this time
you are everywhere

Ian Row

I shall never see
a poem as lovely as
an empty inbox

Sophie Buchanan

Epic fail GP

Epic fail GP
Where are your f**king manners?
This will cost you

Ian Row

National Poetry Week - Part 3

i.
Lovefield airspace
the baby cries no louder
than its mother

ii.
meeting my birth mum
the cabbie talks about
spring equinoxes

iii.
baby photographs
I find another cool spot
in the pillow

iv.
cider and beer
we talk about us again
as brother and sister

v.
coming into land
so many sunrises
over rooftops

vi.
Brisbane airport
the quarantine dog handler's
brief jealously

vii.
Perth grasslands
rainbow lorikeets block my walk
with squabbles

viii.
death of a friend
now I wonder how long
with my birth mum

Alan Summers

National Poetry Week - Part 2

i.
when poets are loved
as much as footballers are
they won't need "a week"

Cathy Dineen

ii.
New beginnings sprung
Homely impatience gives way
Next stop Seminyak

Jason Rostant

iii.
Hey there birthday boy
Cusp of a new age bracket
Wait for me

Ian Row

iv.
Birthday yum cha
So this is your family
You already made sense

Ian Row

National Poetry Week - Part 1

i.
A neighbour’s garden
Covet the bright magnolias
Grow pink with envy

Ian Row

ii. Ah, Spring
Post prandial walk
The jasmine’s scent envelops me
With her gentle kiss

Natalie Au

iii.
Spring’s morning rays
Charlie bakes on the deck
Love Boat pussycat

Ian Row

iv.
Like aliens from the sky
Spring blossoms twinkle, twinkle
Spin earth around

Karen McVean

v.
Over here it’s spring
Time to stop hating me
Over there… monsoon

Ian Row

Silicone ear plugs
The quiet is addictive
You're nothing to me

Ian Row

Never ending heat
Knowledge, experience, fun
The bell tolls loudly.

Megan Maley

Those layers I shed
Lie scattered here at my feet
Thank God that's over.

Cathy Dineen

"Clean Fridge Friday"
Expiry date and your name!
Jane: forever

Ian Row