Creatrix 38 Haiku

September 2017

Selectors: Amanda Joy, Rose van Son and Gary De Piazzi

Contributors:

Gabriel Bates

Marilyn Humbert

Julian O’Dea

Goran Gatalica

Michael H. Lester

Bee Jay

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

Andrew Burke

Lorin Ford

Cynthia Rowe

Devin Harrison

Louise Hopewell

Debbie Strange

Debbi Antebi


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his last days
the spider crawling inside
a mushroom

Gabriel Bates
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wave
on wave on wave
wind across wheatfields

Marilyn Humbert. Australia
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half-way across
the bridge –
winter chill

Julian O’Dea. Canberra, Australia
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harvest night –
inside the combine
cicadas’ song

Goran Gatalica. Croatia
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a blackbird’s trill
marks the end of her song –
the obituaries

Michael H. Lester. Los Angeles, USA
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hospital news
she dead heads
the rose bush

Bee Jay, Melbourne, Victoria
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pony’s eye
her face
smiles back

Gary Colombo De Piazzi. Perth, Australia
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lizard in
a woodpile     looking
for its tree

Andrew Burke
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heatwave –
a passing parade
   of budgie smugglers

Parliament –
foxes on both sides
   of the rabbit-proof fence

Lorin Ford. Melbourne, Australia
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paper wasp
   the dog tests
.         the cat-flap

Cynthia Rowe
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midnight sun
the ferris wheel pauses
top of the world

Devin Harrison. Vancouver Island, Canada
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my teenage diaries
clothes that don’t fit
any more

Louise Hopewell. Melbourne, Australia
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graveyard snow
the call and answer
of chickadees

dandelions –
every bee flecked
with light

Debbie Strange. Winnipeg, Canada
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unloading
her baggage –
uninvited guest

up early
counting syllables
I miss the sunrise

Debbi Antebi

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