Creatrix 24 Haiku

March 2014

Selectors: Amanda Joy, Meryl Manoy, Rose van Son & Gary De Piazzi

Contributors:

Martin Pedersen

Tatjana Debeljački

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

Jesus Chameleon

Jan Napier

Peter O’Malley

Jackson

Paresh Tiwari

Jayashree Maniyil

Graeme Butler

Ramesh Anand

Meryl Manoy

Duncan Richardson

Myron Lysenko

Shloka Shankar

Tash Adams

Rose van Son

Vinay Ravindranath

Angelee Deodhar


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forest night –
I go in deeper

Martin Pedersen

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in shade
grandpa is sipping green tea
grafting fruit trees

an old woman
warming herself by the fireplace
white rooftops

Tatjana Debeljački, Užice, Serbia

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hunger
the bone gnawed
all day

weeping willow
strands of hair
hide her tears

cracked window
two sides to a view

raindrops all day
stones on my roof

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

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feral cat –
trees cast a shadow

Jesus Chameleon, the Marianas. 

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forty three degrees
even the Fremantle doctor
has died

Jan Napier

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high speed katydids
rev up in the August night –
heat wave doesn’t stop

Peter O’Malley. New Jersey USA

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between two clouds
a wet bird
spreads its wings

Jackson

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tea garden –
we pluck out two leaves
worth of memories

dwindling lake –
an egret turns her gaze
to the sky

distant howl –
the night closes in
tree by tree,

spring evening
inked on her ankle
cherry blossoms

mountain road –
we drive past the sun
on hairpin bends

Paresh Tiwari

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fast train –
the cry of seagulls
before and after

Jayashree Maniyil

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Splendid Wren
on barbed wire fence
my sapphire ring

Graeme Butler

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cut off kite
the sound of children
fading with it

first light
last night’s rain
cupped in a mushroom

Ramesh Anand

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bush walk
surrounded by bird song
cyclist whistles past

blue sky
clouds drift by
gibbous moon

windswept
she sweeps leaves
her hair blown

courting couple
pink and grey galahs
step in tandem

Meryl Manoy

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dung beetle workshop
gathering
________ information

sailing under the bridge
on a seed pod
– blue dragonfly

Japanese garden
fruit bats and tourists
chatter

old enemies help
each other go around
the pill box

Duncan Richardson

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fallen rocks –
the eel glides under
a duck

lighthouse
they marry on the edge
of a cliff

Myron Lysenko

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summer sky –
our fluttering kites
battle it out

blackout ­–
we sit on the porch
counting stars

Shloka Shankar, Bangalore, India

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morning service
movement of hands
at the coffee machine

Tash Adams

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herringbone stitch
bird feet in the sand

dusk
the silver river below
the charcoal sky

inside a windflower
a new summer’s day

Rose van Son

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unopened crayons
he presents a painting
of spilt milk

black coffee –
tonight I sip
the full moon

Vinay Ravindranath. Bangalore, India.

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railway mosque –
a flash of blue
a kingfisher takes off

neck deep in wheat fields
peacocks pick their way
through pools of mud

Angelee Deodhar, India

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