WOLLUMBIN    6-2008    
haiku selected from recent workshops



  hammock –
the falling pitch
of a departing crow
           qy


















a mug of coffee …
new screws in
my old table
           nb


















she counts
sand grains on her knee…
breaking waves
           jb


















receding wave
sunset spreads
over wet sand
           qy


















remnants
of the dog’s ball –
first magnolia
           nb


















blue hills
the last lorikeet
falls silent
           jb


















the tangle
of rainforest roots …
birdsong
           qy


















chilly park –
a Starbucks cup
on the memorial
           nb


















abandoned dairy
the holding pen full
of milk thistles
           jb


















a water dragon stops
and disappears …
lichened rock
           qy


















frost-tipped grass
the child’s hands retract
into her sleeves
           nb


















open road
the hitchhiker shakes
a pebble out
           jb














 		 










mid-summer
a mullet rows itself
under the bridge
           jb


















clear sky –
one wispy cloud
deepens the blue
           qy


















wind on my cheek
the dam’s surface
wrinkles
           nb


















the train home
phone lines swoop
post to post
           jb


















trimmed hedge –
a new shoot
out of line
           qy


















magpies call …
circles in the creek
overlap
           nb


















school oval
the incoming batsman
beheads clover
           jb


















light shower …
a sprinkle of toadstools
over the grass
           qy


















autumn drizzle
the old mattress
oozes stuffing
           nb


















gurgling stream
the stone in my hand
dies silently
           jb


















rainforest –
the sound of a breeze
passing through
           qy


















breathing
in time with the dog…
evening stillness
           nb


nb:  nathalie buckland                jb:  john bird                qy:  quendryth young

Since being workshopped, some of these haiku have been published in: Famous Reporter, paper wasp, Jack Stamm 2008 anthology, NZPS 2008 anthology, Moonset, IHS Shamrock

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