Creatrix 60 Haiku

March 2023

Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son, Barry Sanbrook, Gary De Piazzi

Contributors:

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

Hifsa Ashraf

Gavin Austin

R. Suresh Babu

Ingrid Baluchi

Mona Bedi

Rohan Buettel

Anne Curran

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

Mike Gallagher

Candy Gordon

Sherry Grant

Matt Hetherington

Louise Hopewell

Edward Cody Huddleston

Marilyn Humbert

Samo Kreutz

Chris Langer

Earl Livings

John Low

Diana Messervy

Julian O’Dea

Cynthia Rowe

Srini S

Tomislav Sjekloća

Tom Staudt

Kaelin Stemmler

Debbie Strange

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Alice Wanderer

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a mother wipes
her son’s tears—
sunflower

Lorelyn De.la Cruz Arevalo
Bombon, Philippines

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mom’s memory 
in the kitchen garden 
wild roses 

Hifsa Ashraf 

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blackbird song
morning    
skims the rooftops

champagne
with a new lover  
the same moon

Gavin Austin

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night bus
the full moon
gets a free ride

R. Suresh Babu

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the joy of colours—
sliced white bread
with sprinkles

worn steps
from church
to tavern

neighbour’s eye level
the permanent bend
in a slat of his blinds

Ingrid Baluchi

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bumpy road—-
the family ties
I want to forget

gust of wind—
the balancing act
of a crow

Mona Bedi

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winter smokers
in the hospital carpark
the company of crows

Rohan Buettel

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spring sunshine—
the roof down
on her convertible

Anne Curran

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walking past—
snagged by the ladder in
her fishnet stockings

paperbark—
exasperated writer
discards another sheet

bamboo grove—
in the pool 
so many leaves

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

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dark room
finding the shape of 
each other 

seven swallows
on the telephone wire
zoom session

Mike Gallagher

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the little swing
empty now
his laugh lingers

Candy Gordon

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covid summer
another wave
rushes in

Sherry Grant

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beside a STOP sign
a STOP sign 

new year’s day
clouds moving
in opposite directions

Matt Hetherington

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country lane
a kelpie rounds up
passing cyclists

Louise Hopewell

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early sunset
the “i” and “me”
in “Alzheimer’s”

Edward Cody Huddleston

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apple orchard sun kissed pickers

Marilyn Humbert

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melting icicles—
he waits for a friend 
to come out

evacuation drill—
first one outside
a housefly

Samo Kreutz

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power outage
my only light
lightning

Chris Langer

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how still the waves
we cast
her ashes

Earl Livings
Melbourne, Victoria

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bombed house—
on the wall  
a suffering Christ

John Low

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alone on the verge
shower chair
the last of her

Diana Messervy

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stealing 
his grevillea
with my camera

Julian O’Dea
Canberra

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beachcomber
a sand crab catches
the next wave

his regular ritual
the plunging dive
of a gannet  

Cynthia Rowe

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old town
the clock in the fort
too slow

Srini S

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city canal
the upside-down
of everything

burying the dog
I deepen the hole
inside myself

Tomislav Sjekloća

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sticky heat
watermelon pips
all around me

Tom Staudt

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I make two cups of tea
and pretend 
she’s still here

Kaelin Stemmler

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faded trail marker
pheasant tracks point
the way

school bell
coyote pups tumble
out of their den

Debbie Strange

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spring festival—
each cherry blossom
a ticket

forest of unicorns—
the little boy’s hair
while sleeping

Steliana Cristina Voicu
Ploiesti, Romania

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peeling potatoes a woman Vermeer did not paint

Alice Wanderer

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