December 2014
Selectors: Meryl Manoy, Amanda Joy, Rose van Son & Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
Year 6/7 pupils, Hamilton Hill Primary
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snowfall in the street lamp
silence drifts down
in a cone of light
Chicago hot dog
the illusion of home
in the mustard
Mel Goldberg Laredo, Texas
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touch of dawn –
from every side of the valley
the tinkling bells
virgin snow –
on the trail of a bird
my footprints
Archana Kapoor Nagpal, Bangalore, India
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twilight
my child stretches
the end of play
fountain shower –
the wind splatters her face
with rainbows
Ramesh Anand Bangalore, India
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remaining heat –
ablaze with color
scarlet oak
afternoon moon –
almost forgetting
the time of day
Pat Geyer
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starlight twinkles through
twisted baobab branches
faces fade to night
Colleen M. Farrelly
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crying baby
in arms –
day breaks
the pest
eating the snow peas
is my son
Tash Adams
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shades of blue in the
translucent curl of a wave –
her eyes
head bowed
his shadow
fills his view
rose bud
a fist too tight
to unfurl
rusty fence
the farmer too old
for mending
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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full moon
drifting higher
a lost balloon
in street trees
three last Carnabys
cling on
Jan Napier
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possum
and moon –
neighbours
Julian O’Dea, Canberra
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ravens
ah! even darker
at night
sunset
white paper lanterns
briefly orange
surrounded
by darkness
hearth glow
late afternoon the shade of other trees
visiting the aunts
greeting us first
garden gnomes
driveway lions
a little backup
for the cat
Simon Hanson
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tiny footprints
preserved as fossils
ants
Barry Sanbrook
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mama’s lullaby –
the sun sways
between the leaves
Jayashree Maniyil
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scattered showers
I run for the train wearing
odd shoes
dark moon
she stays out
all night
Myron Lysenko
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tai chi
in the park
trees sway
a summer stroll
black beetles and ants
meet on the path
Meryl Manoy
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river-side park
a fallen tree blocks
the easier path
Nathalie Buckland, Nimbin
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winter horizon
fallen cold snow
empty branches
one pebble
skims the lake
sunset for a mayfly
Joe Brennand
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a white blossom
falls into its shadow –
goodbye kiss
curfew –
a ragged doll remains
outdoors
Shloka Shankar, India
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lyrebird
across the stream
another’s song
Rose van Son
First published in A Hundred Gourds 3:4 Sept 2014
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across meadows
heads of yellow bonnets
sunflower’s wave
Faye Teale-Clavi
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crossing
to the other side –
cherry blossoms
snowflakes –
the Rockies rising
on my palm
almost home
a whiff of wood-smoke
among the pines
Carl Seguiban
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fruit salad –
my share of mangoes
on my brother’s plate
déjà vu –
our children building
the same sandcastles
Dishika Lyer, Mumbai, India
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fleeing the scrub turkey
my fat cat finds
fresh legs
Duncan Richardson
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driving rain
in the bus shelter
a broken umbrella
speedboat wash
the dragonfly bounces
on a river reed
Samar Ghose
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mid-winter day
the bishop takes a pawn
on the mental ward
Urban Orchard
two pigeons peck
a Jim Beam can
Maureen Sexton
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beach side –
the sun dyes the ocean
sepia
hundred –
Grandpa claims to be older
than the banyan tree
Akila G
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Green tree frog
on philodendron leaf –
sharing colours
Allan Padgett
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The haiku selectors would like to congratulate teachers, Lucy Martin and Rebecca Lanzel, for encouraging the year 6/7 pupils in Room 17 at Hamilton Hill Primary School to explore haiku and tanka. We extend our thanks to them for submitting the following haiku.
complaining children
creating tired parents
trolleys filled with food
Ella Motherway 12
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the bell rings as
students shove their way out of
the old classroom door
Shakia Stock 12
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leaves fall to the ground
leaves are blowing in the breeze
a day in Autumn
Jaidyn Tucker 12
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deep in the meadow
under all the old willows
a bed of grass grows
Bethany Findlay 12
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teachers are nervous
chatter! here are the children
the door shakes! shakes! shakes!
Naomi King 13
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the field walks in
aggressive bowler sprints in
the batsman is out
Mitch-13
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the game starts ball up
coaches yelling at the ref
last minute shot GOAL!!!
Mohamed Kamara 13
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hazel chocolate
chocolate melting in your mouth
delicious chocolate
Cove Todman 12
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turn on the T.V
the disc tray comes out with speed
where’s the controller
Ryan Cinquina Flett 13
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players kick the ball
the ball goes across the field
it goes in the goal
Lucky Penalber 11
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the coach said kick goals
umpires blew their whistles
he hit the goal post
Cameron Hansen
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the bacon sizzles
I put the yummy bacon
on my plate and eat
Brody Gordon
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I open the fridge
there was no food in the fridge
then I closed the fridge
Dylan Cinquina Flett
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