Manhole Cover

(a haiku + photo by Kyle Powderly 2011, with respect to Karl Shapiro, Poet Laureate to US Congress, 1946)
a man could be lost
in a hole like that, swallowed
by the universe...

Goulbourne by Night (haiku)

Hume Highway pit-stop.
Dinner at the Workers Club:
Travel sustenance

Clovelly Cliffs (haiku)

just before sunset
light floods the cliff-top houses:
'The Golden Hour'

Shopping Togetherness

the instinct of the
hunter-gatherer comes out
in the marketplace

Shopping Epiphany (haiku)

the marketplace light
was almost Biblical in
the late afternoon

Walking Hickson Rd (haiku)

textured sandstone wall
on Hickson Rd - a backdrop
asking for actors

City Sunroof (haiku)

Gazing upwards through
the sun-roof driving towards
The Rocks in Sydney.

Sunset Dog (haiku)

long legged shadows
Blackwattle Bay cycle-path
late afternoon sun

Bicycle Sunset (haiku)

cycling round the bay,
the setting sun threw shadows
long across the path

Flight Path (haiku)

Adventure: someone
going somewhere in search of
something exciting...

Waning Moon (haiku)

An afternoon moon
sitting high in a blue sky
is unexpected.

Australian Native Flora (haiku)

here's a wax-flower:
Eriostemon "Stardust"
in Barbara's garden.

Seagull (haiku)

an overcast day
did not divert the seagulls'
hopes for fish and chips

Little Lion / Pampered Pooch (haiku)

walking on the pier
the little dog's slight body
holds a lion's heart

Lap Dog (haiku) - At Breakfast...

the well-behaved dog
sat, but his eyes longingly
followed the bacon

Poetry is Ours (haiku)

Patching together
fragments of signs creates whole
worlds of new meaning...

(found on a roller-door in Chinatown)

White Rose Heart (haiku)

at the heart of it
you catch more bees with honey
than with vinegar

Green Milk Crate (haiku)

patterns everywhere:
compostions waiting for
an eye to frame them

Dried Succulent Flowers (haiku)

end of summer fruits
ripen and compress their seeds
into DNA

Gumleaf (haiku)

following the path
up the steel steps to the tram
scattered with gum leaves