Dream Logic

hallucinations
Fax Minora is a band
only in my brain

Barfy's Law

Why on my rug, cat?
Will a shiny lino floor
not do for vomit?

NZ General Election 2011

Which squabbling hoodlums
will you mark your ballot for
on this Saturday?

Gadsby

Fifty thousand words
of lipogrammatic skill.
So much for haiku!

Gadsby: A Story of Over 50 000 Words Without Using the Letter "E"

Senseless

killing mockingbirds
with an uzi at two yards
crass futility

Distractions

Our mortality:
A mystifying notion...
Oh, look! Shiny things!

Polar Blast

Snow, hail, lightning, rain,
Sun for an instant or two
Antarctic fury

Wellington's 'Once in a Lifetime' Polar Blast - The Dominion Post

Automatic Cat Feeder

Such a spoilt kitty!
That contraption allots food
automatically.

Darwin Sunset

striations in cloud
light up a Dry Darwin sky
in blazing colours

Aphrodisiacs

Aphrodisiacs:
Strong arms, musicality,
culinary skills.

Applications

So many buzz words
I could play Bullshit Bingo
Job hunting's for chumps

From my recent travels...

Kuching

Kuching, Malaysia
City of a thousand cats
vying for your snacks

Kandy

Hand-holding duos
Ubiquitous, gawking youths
Sitting in shadows

The latter was written about the Botanic Gardens, which is evidently the place to be if you're one of Kandy's teenagers looking to escape from amma for a while.

Aftermath

"NO GO" in spray paint
marks listing, slumping buildings
on a liquid road

Kia kaha, Christchurch.
http://bit.ly/mobvwg
http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/

Queen of Swords

In harsh, scathing words
you jokingly bury truth.
Sarcasm, not wit.

Wayne Cho

Across Canada
Running daily marathons
Spurring us to talk

This haiku was written in 2009 about my friend Wayne, who was running across Canada at that time to raise awareness about anxiety and depression and the benefits of exercise in coping with them. He is one of the most genuine, caring, amazing human beings that I have had the pleasure to meet, and he deserves a world of support. http://www.worldrunformentalhealth.com/
Happy birthday, Wayne!

Pole Dancer

scantily clad lass
flaunting a Jamilla spin
upon a brass rod

Meta

Procrastination:
Innovation's catalyst;
Art form on its own.

Kakapo

A low, soft pulsing
Booms from bowls in misty hills
Sounds that may vanish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakapo

Kekulé's Ring

Who should gain acclaim
if odd, profound thoughts grip us
during forty winks?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene

Tui Song

cacophonous songs
a thousand sounds from just a
tui on a bough

Facebook

Infobahn addict
your status is insipid
your photos, banal

Wellington

This city's a town
Built on shifting, shaking ground
Amid winds that howl

Down Under Standard Time

clocks shift back an hour

girls start donning Uggs and tights

with skirts and crop tops

SPCA

Surly, skittish cat

Only charming if hungry

Up for adoption

Reckon Something?

Full of opinions,

sparing practicality.

Ranty ranty rant!

11.03.11

A tsunami flows

razing land and scarring souls

I cry for Japan

Derailed Train of Thought

spasmodic, fitful

train of thought abandons rails

and promptly blows up

Quake Relief

Roaring, jolting ground

Christchurch shook, burst into shards

and now calls for aid

http://bit.ly/hrmo1z

Circus

Adagio, poi

Juggling, tumbling, hula hoops

Unabating joy

Fugly Pug

Ugly wuggly pug,

Squishy, wrinkly, fuzzy mug

Criminally fug