Haiku Train

[Pauline]

Most ignored words fade.

Deep breaths and a cold shoulder.

Transient discomfort.

[oranggunung]

transient discomfort
the cold concrete stuffing of
high street mattresses

[Pauline]

High street mattresses.

The pavements thick with summer

reluctant to leave.

[KevJ]

Reluctant to leave
Post holiday blues set in
The sun burns my skin

[Pauline]

The sun burns my skin
but I'm not warm anymore.
Your touch leaves me cold.

[oranggunung]

Your touch leaves me cold,
stripped of colour, leaf, then life,
waiting for the spring.

[Suzanne]

waiting for the spring
mist suspended, cold iced air
buds frozen on vines

[KevJ]

Buds Frozen on vines
Stock up the wood pile before
Winter crashes in

[oranggunung]

winter crashes, in-
distinct skid marks on black ice
dark, frozen moments

[Pauline]

Dark, frozen moments

released from their confinement.

It's time to listen.

[Moth]

It's time to listen
Old shows sound great on blu-ray
Watch without mother.

[KevJ]

Watch without mother
recall Bill and Ben, Trumpton;
childhood memories

[Pauline]

Childhood memories
can hold such a huge silence.
Our little secret.

[Moth]

Our little secret
Awkwardly carried by two
One colossal weight

[dafra]

One colossal weight
Taken from little closed minds.
No more prejudice.

[KevJ]

No more prejudice
let us all live and let live
coexist in peace.

[dafra]

Coexist in peace
all religions of the world
demonstrate your love

[KevJ]

demonstrate your love
like an angel from above
faithful to the end

[oranggunung]

faithful to the end
the spaniel’s gentle whining
his master’s silence

[dafra]

his master’s silence.
shellac shards signing the snow
cuneiforms his pain

[KevJ]

Cuneiforms his pain
a broken metatarsal
no football for him

[oranggunung]

no football for him
slipped off the bench and out of
the transfer window

[dafra]

the transfer window,
locked against the loosened leaves,
lets the late sun in

[KevJ]

Lets the late sun in
and the Indian summer heat
postpones the Autumn

[dafra]

postpones the Autumn,
prorogues the Coronation
until we say 'yes'