Creatrix 52—Haiku

March 2021

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

Contributors:

Adjei Agyei-Baah

Umashree Anandalwar

Debbi Antebi

Hifsa Ashraf

Gavin Austin

Ingrid Baluchi

Roberta Beach Jacobson

Pitt Büerken

Rohan Buettel 

Alanna C. Burke

Gabriele Carvallo

Lysa Collins

Maya Daneva

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

Radostina Dragostinova

David Käwika Eyre

Mike Gallagher

Goran Gatalica

Candy Gordon

Dorna Hainds

Louise Hopewell

Edward Cody Huddleston

Marilyn Humbert

Mona Jordan

Bee Jay

Josie Lim

Earl Livings

John Low

Myron Lysenko

Mardi May

Rob McKinnon

Nika

Julian O’Dea

Milan Rajkumar

Nisha Raviprasad

Lyn Reeves

Cynthia Rowe

Miriam Sagan

Barry Sanbrook

Rob Scott

Maureen Sexton

Neena Singh

Alice Stanford

Tom Staudt

Kaelin Stemmler

Debbie Strange

Rose van Son

Roger Watson

David Watts

Elaine Wilburt

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dawn fishing 
my dog laps 
the moon 

Adjei Agyei-Baah
Kumasi, Ghana

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closed borders…
travelling the corners
of my house 

lockdown—
we scribble our names
on a dusty car

Umashree Anandalwar

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the koi pond
two shades darker
autumn rain

turning off
my camera’s flash
the heron’s pose

all the paths
we did not take
cloud streets

Debbi Antebi 
London, UK

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barbed wire fence 
the missing trajectory 
of falling stars 

winter melancholy 
the twists and turns 
of a snail trail 

Hifsa Ashraf 

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through sunlit reeds
the stillness 
of lake water

moving a mountain
crumb by crumb 
one ant

two hands…
one to hold 
one to wave goodbye

late summer sun
on his board shorts
bleached hibiscus  

Gavin Austin
Sydney, Australia

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overload—
dung beetles
quit the cattle corral

Ingrid Baluchi 
North Macedonia

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tropical storms
the names we learn
to fear

stretching
the truth
seamstress

Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, Iowa, USA)

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13th throw 
the boomerang comes back 
—unfortunately!

Pitt Büerken
Germany

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funeral home
pebbles in a glass vase
half-empty

Rohan Buettel

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monsoon afternoon
his words
lost in thunder 

shutdown
the entire house
washed and dried

Alanna C. Burke
Santa Fe, New Mexico. USA

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sudden rain
empty shells
of snails

Gabriele Cavallo

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dusty path—
a crowd of crows
sets off old arguments

Lysa Collins

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a door stopper
the new politician’s
biography

divorcing my wife
the black ice on the road 
to her lawyer

a brown bag 
with figs
my past summers

Maya Daneva

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you and me
a brick wall
too high 

outback 
heat shimmer the only movement
and flies

dogs on leashes
chased by dogs
behind fences 

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

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dandelion in a breeze
the dervish dances
his last dance

Radostina Dragostinova
Sofia, Bulgaria

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sea wind– 
through her veil
the taste of salt 

filling the holes
in our argument
rustle of leaves

David Käwika Eyre
Volcano, Hawai’i

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waking the dead
the bustle of women
in the kitchen

corpse
the heavy odour
of flowers

Mike Gallagher
Ireland

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low tide—
the calming vibrations
of a seashell

her 86 Springs …
a swirl of yellow petals
in the wind

Goran Gatalica
Croatia

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bushfire threatens
I gather my mother’s paintbrushes
and her ashes

Candy Gordon

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fluttering Julia*
remnants of the
autumn sunset 

Dorna Hainds
USA, Michigan 

*Julia Butterfly

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old travel diary
a sprinkling of sand
between the pages

nan’s slippers 
on the wrong feet again
tangled knitting

vegan café
the hipster waiter’s
cheesy grin

river dusk
high in the old gum
a fruit bat unfurls

Louise Hopewell
Melbourne

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sliver moon stringing my fishhook

Edward Cody Huddleston

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bush walk
thrumming cicadas
drown our words 

Marilyn Humbert

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red maple leaves
our path sealed
for winter

Mona Jordan

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watching
the cricket
still life

Bee Jay

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summer hammock
the thyme bows to the weight
of the bee 

Josie Lim
Tasmania

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blue shimmer…
the dragonfly waiting
on the lake reed

outside the op shop…
a bird scratching
the bare ground

Earl Livings

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sudden downpour—
his flimsy craft sails
the gutter’s current 

John Low
Portland, NSW

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where the rope
once hung
missing tree

face masks…
clouds fly past
our tiny windows

the aerial roots
of a banyan tree
this covid world

Myron Lysenko

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in this wind
birds are helpless 
confetti

Mardi May

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zoom meeting …
checkerboard faces talking
on mute again

Rob McKinnon

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curbside pickup
the hooker’s red mask
undone

family album
a thousand-piece puzzle
in the making

nude beach
posted
masks required

the odds
of life after death
grains of sand

Nika

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back from the vet
with only
the leash

Julian O’Dea

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bushfire …
a wombat drinks 
packaged water

Milan Rajkumar
Imphal, India

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meditation hall—
the sudden ping from
his pocket

weeding—
the loose ends of 
my marriage

Nisha Raviprasad
Kerala, India

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orange moon
the kumquats
plump for jamming 

moon-washed bay
the rescue helicopter
still searching 

Lyn Reeves

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social isolation
the grey I never
knew about 

another book sold
I ransack the house
for a copy …  

billabong …
an unknown shape 
beneath the lily pads 

Cynthia Rowe

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cooking dinner
for the homeless shelter
I eat a bowlful

walking our
usual loop, our
usual quarrel

Miriam Sagan

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guitarist
his tattoo
an octave 

mottled bark
a continent
of patterns

Barry Sanbrook

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Australia Day—
mum’s voice on the phone 
drowned out by galahs

Rob Scott

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hometown visit
now just a patch of dirt
my fairy garden

jazz in the park
a shriek of parrots
overhead

Maureen Sexton

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ashes journey …
in every step 
my papa 

a damselfly
folds its wings
your sudden adieu 

 Neena Singh
Chandigarh, India

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stop light—
red dot against
the floodplain’s sky

Alice Stanford

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sun bakers 
and lunch breakers 
sharing the lawn

sandbar 
the ebb tide 
folds and unfolds …

Tom Staudt
Darlinghurst, NSW 

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dog hair on the couch 
last lingering trace 
of my friend

 dead wallaby 
greets the nose

Kaelin Stemmler

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rainy season
the fringed parasols
of fungi 

river stillness
willow branches comb
through my hair 

Debbie Strange
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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news of your passing
hear you whisper again
in my ear  

Rose van Son

Vale Patricia Kotai-Ewers 

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the muezzin’s call
reminds me
it’s opening time

Roger Watson
Hull, UK

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watching her die
the other half
of a moan

David Watts

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Easter— 
tulips unfurling
in their beds 

the tap tap tap
of old pipes…
the hours before dawn

Elaine Wilburt
Easton, Maryland, USA

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