Haiku Creatrix - Issue 8 March 2010
Selection/Editing/Administration Team: Rose Van Son, Dean Meredith, Maureen Sexton
Haiku and Senryu
In this issue:
Nicholas Barwell and Liz Nicholls
Liz Nicholls
Nicholas Barwell
Cynthia Rowe
Marilyn Dorothea King
Quendryth Young
John McMullan
Meryl Manoy
Sally Clarke
Geoff Stevens
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
missing the fledglings chirp -
I find an empty nest
Nicholas Barwell and Liz Nicholls
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after yoga -
the chant brings
sudden peace
shells
decorate the shore -
grandmother's pearl brooch
Liz Nicholls
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the cat’s tail
says no
to brussel sprouts
Nicholas Barwell
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spring morning –
our old Siamese
goes away to die
fluttering ensign
the speedboat wash
splits the harbour
maize crop
the backpacker
thumbs a ride
bush walk -
swinging the baby
into tap drips
bellbird -
the roadside cafe
smell of fried eggs
fancy dress -
her eyes behind
the black mask
Cynthia Rowe
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golden leaves
nestle among rubbish
city Autumn
Marilyn Dorothea King
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galah
the brightest feathers
under the wing
burning feet
the screech
of a cricket
tidal flats
a hermit crab drags its shell
over holes
NATURE PARK -
a sparrow squats
on the toilet wall
picnic area
the kookaburra thwacks
a sausage
Quendryth Young
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downsizing
cutting the bodies
burying the skeletons
cyclists
pedalling furiously
to slow aging
John McMullan
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dying day
fishermen casting
long shadows
squawking gulls
at the picnic table
children squabble
sultry morning
magpies probe for food
aerating lawn
Meryl Manoy
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she kicks off
white wedding shoes
sand between the toes
fern garden
through glass
a blue tongue lizard
orange sunflowers
in the tank
a dead goldfish
Sally Clarke
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hair-triggers click:
the chrysalis’s finger’s
metamorphosis
Geoff Stevens
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smoke swirls
in the grass a snake
slithers
her fingers
long and slender
eucalyptus leaves
summer heat
even the strong
bow down
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
