5113

pale blonde
in summer white dress
and blood red fingernails

4113

her naked body
enough saliva
for one

3113

waits for wellness
or otherwise
with tears of boredom

2113

1113

morning after the year before
awoken
by crows

311212

i pass here often
but tonight i see
and remember

301212

red rose
petal to lips
white towel over quake

291212

the last song
he lifts her
off the floor

281212

all-day drizzle
i walk with hat
in hand

271212

fingers to his mouth
indicates
a cigarette

261212

rain on the wall
she never
replied

251212

balls and ten pins
his hands about
her bare waist

241212

231212

221212

211212

alarmists
argue over
lost things

201212

leaving
a drink coaster
on the wall

191212

her speech cuts
as she dismembers
photos of them

181212

a pause in the program /
our walk-in window /
blue with memories /
- #haiku #senryu #poetry

171212

unaware of his focus
her ride
begins the day

161212

naked warm

I recall why 

I can't give blood

151212 @peninsulapoets #hastings #poetry bombing

141212 @peninsulapoets #hastings #poetry bombing

131212 @peninsulapoets #hastings #poetry bombing

121212 @peninsulapoets #hastings #poetry bombing

111212 @peninsulapoets #Hastings #poetry bombing no.4

101212 @peninsulapoets #Hastings #poetry bombing no.3

91212 @peninsulapoets #Hastings #poetry bombing no.2

81212 @peninsulapoets #Hastings #poetry bombing no.1

71212

a confection we share /
the comfort /
of your mouth /
- #haiku #senryu /poetry

61212

love and economics /
bound /
by sentiment /
- #haiku #senryu #poetry

51212

squints at the embers
of the 11th digit
and her face asks why

41212

over 10 years ago /
science gave Uncle Frank /
a misplaced full stop /
- #haiku #senryu #poetry

31212

a love song
whistles a tune
on her wettest organ

21212

a dearth of stars
a white silence
seers the night

11212 - 4 Kathleen -

301112

the weightless mass of love
i wake
her pillows cold

291112

an arm around me
we wake
dripping with sweat 

281112

at work
quiet homes

271112

when the lights are out cool nights
discussed

261112

busy train station
sparrows tweet

251112

his portly business shirts
tailored
in Bali

241112

between concrete walls
my stains
her only wrinkles

231112

places i never went
the main street
a campus

221112

if i was asleep
i wouldn't feel
so lonely

21112+

from the lounge room
a glimpse
of her double bed

211112

grey with heat
a flash of blue
wrens darts over wild grass

201112

small white pills hold my tears

191112

naked on a bed
she speaks of a past life
as a naughty nun

181112+

rain heavy with thunder
eases to drizzle
bird calls return

181112

i wake to sleep

171112

your eyes
an archive
of lust

161112

voluptuous abundance
a sunset recipe
for a contract generation

151112

unsleepable
i learn to stay

141112

my gold ring
a double yellow line

131112

the sky
alone
with cloudless blue

121112

a repetition of steps
through yesterday's rain
now dry

111112

distant rain
i stand
in wet sun

101112

in denial
she watches
Judge Judy

91112

found a photo of you
smiling
until you your face filled the screen

81112

desolate beach
even the seagulls
have walked away

71112

she and her discuss
how they helped their men grow
to separation

61112

she pushes my face away
for her fingers
and mine

51212

squints at the embers /
of the 11th digit /
and her face asks why /
- #haiku #senryu #poetry

51112

the world at a bus stop
a long white skirt
twirls to a dance step

41112

after clouds pass

a brief shower

31112

silent sun
a glass door
looking in 

21112

a metre of poets
notes are taken

11112

311012

301012

291012

281012

business card
her name and hours
handwritten on the back

271012

before and after sleep
seamless thought

261012

where he lay
the voice
of a memory

251012

the past is a wire

241012

still your movement (for a moment)
allow your orbit to decay
and re-enter the sweet oxygen of intimacy

231012

a slow fade
at the speed of bureaucracy

221012

my body heat
wakes alone

211012

left to right
the sea
colours blue

201012

leadership lesson
we evaluate the merits
of ping pong balls

191012

shuffle paper
lunch nears

181012

stands alone on the balcony
no entry
beyond this point

171012

morning beach
the solitude of sand
and endless waves

161012

featureless overcast
above flat horizon
we talk about success

151012

HR

asked to be great
to have a mission

goals

i am
i do and do

i just don't like
being told to

141012

on my knees
I feel
a memory of her

131012

soft piano
i cross
an empty street

121012

i wake
wrapped around
her pillow

111012

where she sleeps
i lay on the couch

91012

i wake
to the silence of sleep

81012

the fruits of spring
I look on

71012

14 past midnight
sleep withdraws
a techno journal

61012

a franchisee's

procedural opera
for the unreliable purposes of bureaucracy

#zines 51012+

one of us
Coming soon to the Sticky Institute

51012

sound curves
an uncertain note

41012

an engaging style
her sweet voice and perfume
recall another place

31012

an educated rebel
a figure
in red

21012

sleep finds me
one finger
on the steering wheel at a time

11012

a slow boy
two beans
on a plate