first stars through the window the scent of wild jasmine
Mark Miller
boronia buds
a chink of moonlight
in the broken vase
Gavin Austin
a gate left open wind among the gravestones
Cara Bruar
bush grave
a droop of dandelions
in a jam jar
Jan Dobb
Australian Haiku
first stars through the window the scent of wild jasmine
Mark Miller
boronia buds
a chink of moonlight
in the broken vase
Gavin Austin
a gate left open wind among the gravestones
Cara Bruar
bush grave
a droop of dandelions
in a jam jar
Jan Dobb
held in a mist
of white butterflies
the scent of lavender
John Low
controlled burning
in Spring stillness
hazy horizons
Carol Reynolds
leaving time behind
as he goes into care
all dad’s clocks
Bill Wootton
rippled sandstone
lapping an ancient shore
an ancient moon
Simon Hanson
learning the lake’s every shiver spring cygnets
M. Faz
spring snow—
a drift of newborn lambs
in the paddocks
Keitha Keyes
white butterflies
a dance
through delphiniums
Margaret Mahony
delphiniums bend
under the weight
of purple
Kim Nolan
blossom
above and below
spring in my step
Quendryth Young
a weeping birch churns the breeze distant school bell
Madhuri Pillai
melaleuca blossom
a glowing bouquet
of river mist
Ron C. Moss