Haiku I – XXIV

These are poems in the syllabic form of Haiku but otherwise they make no attempt to be authentic Haiku.

I

haiku strong simple
complete poem in three lines
five seven and five

II

cheeky wattle bird
outside the grey brick building
playing unconcerned

III

red white blue and green
yellow and orange and black
oils on a canvas

IV

purple blue and grey
thrown together without thought
an artists’ nightmare

V

blue sky above me
below a concrete jungle
blending or clashing

VI

mist rolling away
normality returning
replacing stupor

VII

rapt concentration
the extraneous ignored
the artist at work

VIII

bubbling from beneath
filtering slowly upwards
churning the surface

IX

soaring high above
going where the wind takes it
free and unfettered

X

Just a change of state
or loss of vital essence
evaporation

XI

night following day
nightmares following daydreams
death following life

XII

G’day ‘ow are ya?
What ya doin’ tonight luv?
Same to you ya bitch.

XIII

Little black boxes
lying in discarded piles
waiting to be filled

XIV

One energy filled
One ready to fall asleep
Aftermath of love

XV

Thousands of fine strands
Woven together to make
A thing of beauty

XVI

The ticking of the clock
Reminding me that I
Live according to time

XVII

Breaking the silence
With painful intensity
Eerie haunting cry

XVIII

Angels and devils
Vampires spirits and wizards
Mythic existence

XIX

Precise dogmatic
Highly opinionated
Officious bastard

XX

Fitting together
With absolute precision
So compatible

XXI

Logic emotion
Existing together or
Forever apart

XXII

Flowers on the wall
Distractedly merging with
Designs on the floor

XXIII

How incredible
To find that what was a dream
Has become a fact

XXIV

Corners compartments
Forced into their own niches
A pattern of life