The Deep Past

ate flying saucers
a final taxi upward
spiral flight nowhere





Dieback

doom car doom music
flocks love to fly oh bright birds
trees dieback is now





Invasion of the Brushtail Possums (Part 2)

hard rain crazed possum
invades through open window
it wants to live here





Domestic Pets

training cat to be
watchdog a well rounded cat
dog to train as cat





Like a French Poet

suburban Rimbaud
departed the scene to coach
his kids’ football team





Forgetting to take memory Pills

they can’t remember
if they took the memory pills
that makes things hard to





Pokémon

Pokémon sneak in
happy home demon swap cards
obsess the children





Brainwashed

can think of nothing
else strange numbers fill glazed eyes
obscure energies





Braindead

beyond redemption
o reptile mind and heart beat
laudanum bliss night





Flying Squad Haiku Number One

flying squad ends up
in Hades blinking cats' eyes
see things at angles





Spike

our kids are messy
yet Spike the ancient bulldog
keeps his kennel clean





In the Midnight Chakra

burning the midnight
chakras outside in the news
assassins run wild





The Lovers Plan To Meet in Heaven

one day there will be
an atom that is you plus
atom that is me





Great Lesson

the secret of good
health is only take poison
once a week strictly





The Wisdom of the Orient

toy orangutans
and toy tigers teach us to
love the rainforest





Butterfly Road to Viet Hai

brief lives wings flicker
veil Viet Hai village trail
countless butterflies





Island Barber

shampoo hot towel
shiatsu head massage slap
squeeze surprise neck crack





Mars

once was a love god
casting his seed shore to shore
now beats drums of war





Why People Prefer Streaming TV to So Much Modern Poetwee

too much me me me
and not enough negative
capability





At the Copacabana

you blazing bird-shark
learn jungle theory turn on
your inner strobe light





Note on Fridge

go out and have fun
I'll get the housework done signed
blue tongue lizard mum





Asthma Relief Patrol

rain settles pollen
walk and breathe deeply
life is beautiful again





Space Guard

no air force can stop
a comet kissing Earth first
law of splatmatics





The Prince of Desperation

waits till family
are dead and gone then murders
them in his memoirs





Divine Wind

young kamikaze
reincarnates as a moth
who loves candle flames





Only the Lonely

this loneliness is
ivy caged a sad grey bird
flies into winter





Patong City

two clever beggars
on the strip ferocious smiles
karma in Phuket





Trapped Moon

moon trapped by quiet
lily pond distracts lovers
them moaning full deep