This document presents a collection of haiku poems contributed by various authors and selected for the March 2014 issue of Creatrix, a poetry and haiku journal. The haiku cover various themes like nature, seasons, daily life and explore imagery in minimalist 3-line poems. A total of 30 haiku from 16 contributors from places like India, Australia and the US are included.

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02.27.2014
Creatrix #24 Haiku – March 2014
Categories: Haiku
Selectors: Amanda Joy, Meryl Manoy, Rose van Son & Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
Martin Pedersen
Tatjana Debeljački
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
Jesus Chameleon
Jan Napier
Peter O’Malley
Jackson
Paresh Tiwari
Jayashree Maniyil
Graeme Butler
Ramesh Anand
Meryl Manoy
Duncan Richardson
Myron Lysenko
Shloka Shankar
Tash Adams
Rose van Son
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Vinay Ravindranath
Angelee Deodhar
forest night –
I go in deeper
Martin Pedersen
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in shade
grandpa is sipping green tea
grafting fruit trees
an old woman
warming herself by the fireplace
white rooftops
Tatjana Debeljački, Užice, Serbia
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hunger
the bone gnawed
all day
weeping willow
strands of hair
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hide her tears
cracked window
two sides to a view
raindrops all day
stones on my roof
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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feral cat –
trees cast a shadow
Jesus Chameleon, the Marianas.
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forty three degrees
even the Fremantle doctor
has died
Jan Napier
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high speed katydids
rev up in the August night –
heat wave doesn’t stop
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Peter O’Malley. New Jersey USA
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between two clouds
a wet bird
spreads its wings
Jackson
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tea garden –
we pluck out two leaves
worth of memories
dwindling lake –
an egret turns her gaze
to the sky
distant howl –
night closes in
tree by tree,
spring evening
inked on her ankle
cherry blossoms
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mountain road –
we drive past the sun
on hairpin bends
Paresh Tiwari
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fast train –
the cry of seagulls
before and after
Jayashree Maniyil
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Splendid Wren
on barbed wire fence
my sapphire ring
Graeme Butler
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cut off kite
the sound of children
fading with it
first light
last night’s rain
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cupped in a mushroom
Ramesh Anand
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bush walk
surrounded by bird song
cyclist whistles past
blue sky
clouds drift by
gibbous moon
windswept
she sweeps leaves
her hair blown
courting couple
pink and grey galahs
step in tandem
Meryl Manoy
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dung beetle workshop
gathering
information
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sailing under the bridge
on a seed pod
- blue dragonfly
Japanese garden
fruit bats and tourists
chatter
old enemies help
each other go around
the pill box
Duncan Richardson
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fallen rocks –
the eel glides under
a duck
lighthouse
they marry on the edge
of a cliff
Myron Lysenko
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summer sky –
our fluttering kites
battle it out
blackout –
we sit on the porch
counting stars
Shloka Shankar, Bangalore, India
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morning service
movement of hands
at the coffee machine
Tash Adams
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herringbone stitch
bird feet in the sand
dusk
the silver river below
the charcoal sky
inside a windflower
a new summer’s day
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Rose van Son
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unopened crayons
he presents a painting
of spilt milk
black coffee –
tonight I sip
the full moon
Vinay Ravindranath. Bangalore, India.
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railway mosque –
a flash of blue
a kingfisher takes off
neck deep in wheat fields
peacocks pick their way
through pools of mud
Angelee Deodhar, India
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