Creatrix 58 Haiku

September 2022

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

Contributors

Hifsa Ashraf

Gavin Austin

Ingrid Baluchi

Sabrina Blom

Nathalie Buckland

Pitt Büerken

Rohan Buettel

Alanna C Burke

Christopher Calvin

Coral Carter

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

Alvin B.Cruz

Maya Daneva

Goran Gatalica

Louise Hopewell

Neera Kashyap

Chris Langer

John Low

Mardi May

Jo McInerney

Leanne Mumford

Jan Napier

Nika

Polona Oblak

Gregory Piko

S Ramachandran

Milan Rajkumar

Duncan Richardson

Cynthia Rowe

Barry Sanbrook

Tom Staudt

Joshua St. Claire

Tony Steven Williams

Debbie Strange

C X Turner

Steliana Voicu

Alice Wanderer

Bill Waters

Gail Willems

Tony Williams

Quendryth Young

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summer drizzle—
a young starling preens
its feathers

countryside hotel 
sharing my salad 
with the bumblebees  

chicken soup 
with a dash of saffron
winter twilight 

Hifsa Ashraf

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curve
of a palm frond  
the heron’s neck

stencilling
the winter sky
bare branches

Gavin Austin

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well-thumbed Bible
a WW1 postcard
speaks of love

windy hilltop
father a child again
flying his kite

dipping a shoulder
for the field mouse
scarecrow

Ingrid Baluchi  
North Macedonia  

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wind change
a magpie points its beak
to the clouds 

last sun rays
a casuarina cone drops
into the lake

Sabrina Blom

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end of summer       
the squeak of sandals
on wet tiles 

father’s access day  
a wind takes the petals
too soon

Nathalie Buckland

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at the fish booth 
all eyes 
on me

Pitt Büerken

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vibrating windows
hailstones bounce
on a trampoline

Rohan Buettel

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perfect holiday
matching the bookmark
to the book

Alanna C Burke

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rememberance day
replacing medals
with poppies

Christopher Calvin

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piano
soft to touch—
piano

at sunset
a gull’s wing turns pink
crow remains the same

Coral Carter

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clear felling—
the matchsticks that were
trees

worn shoes—
only grey-haired cobblers
left

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

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understanding
your silence …
daffodils

mother’s visit—
the part of me
she never knew

school reopening
old faces
new masks

math problem
the time it takes …
infinity

Alvin B. Cruz

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fig jam
the figs I used
to sketch

Maya Daneva

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morning breeze
blue herons fly
wing to wing

Goran Gatalica
Zagreb, Croatia

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a yoga mat
slung over every shoulder
Fitzroy Saturday

Louise Hopewell

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watermelon seeds—

as countless as
my thoughts

Neera Kashyap

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neighborhood stray
fostering community
among strangers

Chris Langer
Stephenville, Texas, USA

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winter morning –
the warmth of
her memory

John Low

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cleaning my husband’s room
I find his puzzle book
words missing

the x-ray
of sadness showed
broken trust

Mardi May

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windshear
cockatoos across
a violet sky

school sports …
magpies marshalling
the stragglers

table talk …
sparrows scavenge
for crumbs

Jo McInerney

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first light
on the ridge
kangaroos

Leanne Mumford

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pink and greys
clowning  on the high wire
circus poster

Jan Napier

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the hare’s nightmare
tortoise wins
again and again

learning to like
the unlikeable
sauerkraut

summer grass
how easily
memories fade

Nika

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constable clouds
the stylist applies colour
to my hair

winter park
for all to see
the birch’s scars

Polona Oblok

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spring rain
around the grain silo
smiling faces

Gregory Piko

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old temple –
the old prayer
of an old monk

hot noon—
the quickening pace
of a water carrier

rosella jam—
my child frightens me
with a Dracula mouth 

Milan Rajkumar
Imphal, India

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puppet show—
is my life
any different

S. Ramachandran
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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riverside walk
scents of wattle
through my mask

day off
brown river gliding
to the sea

Duncan Richardson

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half marathon
my old dog folds himself
into a yawn 

moorhen
a late sun tracks
the footprints 

Cynthia Rowe

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a lawyer
drags
his brief

Barry Sanbrook

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messy, spiky
green and yellow
my son’s new hairdo

Tom Staudt

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my fourth decade
the unanswered prayers
of a rosary

Joshua St. Clair

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everywhere
these ants –
my rain forecasters

Tony Steven Williams

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paper boat
a spider sails across
the pond

in memoriam
a drift of shells
at low tide

Debbie Strange

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pushing me
in gym class
first crush

C X Turner

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at the airport …
you waiting your flight
and me your return 

Steliana Cristina Voicu
Ploiesti, Romania

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sun and moon together dandelion

Alice Wanderer

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spiral garden
we follow it in
we follow it out

Bill Waters
Pennington, New Jersey, U.S.A.

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morning mist
only the ears of the wallaby
mark the trail

winter rain
a little girl is teaching
her doll to make tea

Gail Willems

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forest stream
how softly
she whispers

pink umbrella
the raindrops join us
hip to hip

now and then
that smile of yours
from forty years ago

Tony Williams

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bat colony
squabbles start
at dusk

Quendryth Young

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