Creatrix 64 Haiku

March 2024

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

Contributors

Gwen Bitti

Pitt Büerken

Rohan Buettel

Alanna C. Burke

Lysa Collins

Anne Curran

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

Ana Drobot

Goran Gatalica

Louise Hopewell

Helga Jermy

Govind Joshi

Chris Langer

John Low

Mardi May

Marietta McGregor

Rob McKinnon

Jan Napier

Julian O’Dea

David Oates

M. R. Pelletier

Jaya Penelope

Miriam Sagan

Barry Sanbrook

Maureen Sexton

Manoj Sharma

Debbie Strange

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lotus stalk
the weight of a single
red dragonfly

flying foxes
against the twilight
ink blots

Gwen Bitti

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gentle humor
hides between 
these lines

Pitt Büerken

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blue gaiters
the prickles fail
to catch a ride

Rohan Buettel

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soft centers
the box of chocolates
and me

three-o-three a.m.
the consolation
of an orange moon

Alanna C. Burke

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maestro’s nod—
the polish
of those patent shoes

bamboo flute—
the andante
of tall grasses

Lysa Collins

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fuschia bells—
blushing bridesmaids
in pink

steam rises
from the urns—
parish gossip

Anne Curran

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paperbark
the calligraphy
of insects

autumn clouds
onset of winter
in my bones

Gary Colombo De Piazzi

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playground—
getting in the swing
my shadow

Ana Drobot

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missing you—
the layers of scent
in a single rose

Goran Gatalica

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butchering the butcherbird’s song lyrebird

Louise Hopewell

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persimmons
on bare branches …
the day becomes colder

Helga Jermy

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dressing table
a toddler playing
with his reflection

Govind Joshi

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across the road
the rolling waves
of summer heat

Chris Langer

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empty farmhouse
abandoned even 
by its ghosts

sideways glance—
the moving coil
of a black snake

John Low

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three couples walk past
the space beside me

Mardi May

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mackerel sky
beyond the break
diving seals

Marietta McGregor

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bedtime story
the Gruffalo in the woods
lulls him to sleep

lost jigsaw pieces
blue man forever one-eyed
without his smile

Rob McKinnon

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redbacks
on the roller door
laser dots

Jan Napier

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cancer
learning
a new language

Julian O’Dea

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long hospital stay
her cat decides her brother
is its person

David Oates

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Dark clouds—
   a dirt road disappears
   into rounded hills

M. R. Pelletier

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red-handed
stealing my neighbour’s mulberries

Jaya Penelope

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harbor side
an old man lunches alone
with his mandolin

Miriam Sagan

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flute player
audience
blown away

heat wave
the fan
loses its bearings

on the corner
a hat
no coins

Barry Sanbrook

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early autumn breeze
the earthy aroma
of rosehip tea

cafe lunch …
ibis and crow
squabble over scraps

Maureen Sexton

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evening rain
looking for shelter
a moth enters

Manoj Sharma

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out-breath
a child catches it
in her mittens

frosted tent
our socks stand up
by themselves

ice storm
the rose hips preserved
for another day

Debbie Strange

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