summer holidays
visiting the cousins
who live in woop woop
M Faz
damp morning
overcast skies hang
over the hills hoist
Julie Thorndyke
Continue readingAustralian Haiku
summer holidays
visiting the cousins
who live in woop woop
M Faz
damp morning
overcast skies hang
over the hills hoist
Julie Thorndyke
Continue readingthe art of stretching
a master class
from the cat
Simon Hanson
friday night fish ‘n’ chips
the constant slap
of plastic door strips
Robyn Cairns
Continue readingshe waves with
a fruit basket on her head
Saibai Island breeze
Wakako Miya Rollinger
arid summer . . .
lurking under the fence
mother-in-law’s tongue
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
Continue readinga sudden cloud
darkens the sea
moonbirds returning
Judith E.P. Johnson
last light
a silver sky swallows
a silver gull
M. Faz
eventide—
a murmur of pigeons
folds the night
Madhuri Pillai
heralding the moon
a soft glow behind the ridge
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