Creatrix 59 Haiku

December 2022

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

Contributors:

Gavin Austin

Robert Beveridge

Alanna C. Burke

Ram Chandram

Alvin B Cruz

Anne Curran

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

David Kāwika Eyre

Bill Fay

Mike Gallagher

Candy Gordon

Hazel Hall

Matt Hetherington

Louise Hopewell

Marilyn Humbert

Pantha Jaskiewicz

Samo Kreutz

Chris Langer

John Low

Jo McInerney

Rob McKinnon

Subir Ningthouja

Julian O’Dea

Jaya Penelope

Milan Rajkumar

Carol Reynolds

Cynthia Rowe

Srini S

Barry Sanbrook

Manoj Sharma

Tom Staudt

Debbie Strange

Rose Van Son

Chen Xiaoou

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old pond
rising through cloud  
a lotus

sepia   the life you leave me  

Gavin Austin

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lake, I must ask why
you must reflect both me and
this empty bottle

Robert Beveridge

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my mind
in his—
ghostwriter

a crumb creeps
across the bricks
sugar ant

Alanna C. Burke

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mom’s anniversary—
backyard mango tree 
blossoms

day after granny’s funeral
someone removes
the empty mailbox 

Ram Chandram

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summer long gone
my pocket still heavy
with sand

old photograph
my memory of you
just as blurred

paper kite
in a single brush stroke
i draw the sky

flowing river
if only tomorrow
were as clear

Alvin B Cruz

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weathered hands—
he cradles the lamb
to his chest

scooping chestnuts
into an open bag—
mother and daughter

Anne Curran

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on her bed end
fishnet stockings
catch me

morning mirror
remembering 
every wrinkle

empty bottles
roll on the floor
too drunk to stand

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

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her poem
we pause
         to fold laundry

David Kāwika Eyre

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opus
blue jays and meadowlarks
taking turns

Bill Fay

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granite headstone
the moss-filled etchings
of forgotten years

Mike Gallagher

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I wear his shirt
stroke the softness
in him

Candy Gordon

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wind in bamboo 
the lisp of a flute
almost heard

Hazel Hall

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smoothly
across the water—
the plastic duck 

smoke-haze
the car coughs

autumn morning
pouring tea-leaves
into a puddle

Matt Hetherington

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wildflower season
the rest area blossoms
with plastic bags

brothel tour
the madam asks 
for my hairdressers’ number

Louise Hopewell

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peeling paint
looking out the window
for dad

Marilyn Humbert

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Carnaby’s 
struggle to survive
My pantry is full

Pantha Jaskiewicz

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napping cat
this desire to rest
all my worries

Samo Kreutz

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weathered book
opening a door
to the past

Chris Langer

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fading light—
the grey ghost
of a heron 

John Low

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ebb tide …
the waves’ scrawl
on moonlit sand

Jo McInerney  

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beach day …
the hint of scrotum dangling
from high shorts

Rob McKinnon

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sumi e
all my blossoms
in a stroke

Subir Ningthouja

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waiting
at the doctor
no new posters

Julian O’Dea

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composing haiku 
in the park—
the laughter of kookaburras

noon—
paperbarks shed
their shadows

Jaya Penelope

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nursing home – 
on new year’s eve 
fireworks on tv 

christmas eve –
a busker’s donation box 
full of snowflakes 

Milan Rajkumar 
Imphal, India 

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Aussie sun
the garden gnome’s
fading complexion

council clean up
kerbside junk 
ebbs and flows

jewellery box
the links 
in my life

Carol Reynolds

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the curve 
of the fruit picker’s back
box of green plums

Cynthia Rowe

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years later…
she starts reading
to her mother

Srini S 
Rishi Valley, India

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drought bride
champagne
no water

cracked earth
a dollar coin
lost

Barry Sanbrook

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traffic jam 
my eyes follow 
hurrying clouds 

Manoj Sharma

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rolling thunder
a flash of brumby 
through the trees

Happy Hour … friends become friendlier

Tom Staudt

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glass puddle
the last journey
of this feather

receding tide
the sea takes back
bits of itself

Debbie Strange

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found in an old journal
an English garden’s
perfume  

Rose van Son

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fleeting years
my son begins to share 
slippers with me 

Chen Xiaoou
Kunming, China

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