Spot Haiku 35 Part 2 of 2

"That's Melbourne for ya"

i.
Raise your hand for help
In event of emergency...
Better to be white.

ii.
Fair go or fair game
At this point in history...
Our new whipping boy

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 24 Part 3 of 3

Holiday 2009: Suite

i.
Where do I start it?
This narrative of freedom?
Three pm flight out?

ii. Singapore
Awake for twenty
hours no wonder my feet hurt
reiki! reiki! rei....

iii. Denmark
Saw Mary's house but
Fred and her were out it seems -
No milk on doorstep

iv. Edinburgh
It's the accent that
gets me - "do yer ken?"
That and the shortbread

v. Loch Ness
Small bus to big lake
guide - a madman in a kilt
High speed on thin roads....

vi. York
Romans and Vikings -
More ghosts than can be counted
Minster choir at dusk

vii. Naburn
Noble horses snort
while crossing the Trans-Pennine
Pinch me - I'm dreaming...

viii. Whitby
Harbouring history
In weathered stone - and stories
of jet-black vampires.

ix. Heptonstall (Sylvia Plath's grave)
The pilgrimage to
her small white gravestone; as if
no one else knew her.

x. Haworth (Bronte Parsonage)
Teensy tiny books
by teensy tiny women.
Madness on the moors.

xi. London
Three hours - Tate Modern
Power station for our art -
Abstract lifts my soul.

Cathy Dineen

Hobart 09: Suite

i.
cirrus clouds for two
blue sky whispers a welcome
open road ahead

ii.
landmarks evoke
points in personal history
some things still hurt

iii.
drought tolerant plants
gifts for an estranged mother
zero maintenance

iv.
a mainland gourmand
samples the offshore flavours
deep fried 'miss the mark'

v.
missing the moment
i forget about the future
have i learned nothing?

Ian Row

bill brooks'garage sale
paid a little too much for
a piece of history

Ian Row

Spot Haiku 18

i.
History, politics -
with marble, bronze and newsprint
DC streets are lined.

Chris Gill

ii.
its been a year now
life travels on regardless -
lit a candle for him

Cathy Dineen

iii.
Sunshine, holidays
Birthday Father, Singapore
Two birds with one stone

Leah Billeam