adored teddy bears

on tiny white coffins

at the funeral

©barbaraataylordecember2012

my beautiful moon

what schmuck would dare think

to blow you up?!

©barbaraataylordecember2012

a sigh of relief

big bird takes off

back to the same

©barbaraataylornovember2012

first published New Verse News

on the nose

disappointment

at the races

©barbaraataylornovember2012

a cup of joe

and a donut

for your vote

©barbaraataylornovember2012

frankenstorm

swells, surges,

under the boardwalk

©barbaraatayloroctober2012

from the edge

a fearless sonic dive

breaks all records

©barbaraatayloroctober2012

where Paddy's Bar was

the revelers stop

to remember

©barbaraatayloroctober2012

but for that dingo

she would now be

age thirty-two

©barbaraataylorjune2012

the slaughter

in Syrian streets

continues

©barbaraataylorjune2012

progress in Tunisia

the torture department

is now abolished

©barbaraataylormay2012 white foam bubbles

trailed by a large shadow

in bloody waters

©barbaraataylorjanuary2012

new beginnings

a spinning rainbow

on the harbour bridge

©barbaraataylorjanuary2012

the Silly Season

cricket, cricket

and crickets

©barbaraataylordecember2011

at day's end

the art of stillness

and deep rest

©barbaraataylormarch2011

how dapper

that buffoon who walks

away

©barbaraataylornovember2011

workers' rights...

the flying kangaroo

is grounded

©barbaraatayloroctober2011

wolf, monkey, bear

playing on the banks

of the Ohio

©barbaraatayloroctober2011

ten years on

still, poppies take over

the valley

©barbaraatayloroctober2011

Aunty Sam

over the moon

with the US open!

©barbaraataylorseptember2011

ripples in the pool

three thousand souls speak

but no-one hears

©barbaraataylorseptember2011

summer storm

the martyrs' square

turns green

©barbaraatayloraugust2011

polar fleece nights

it's brass monkey time

in the granite belt

©barbaraataylorjuly2011

RED$!

©barbaraatayloraugust2011

Hurrah! the return

of Happy Feet

to the Pole

©barbaraatayloraugust2011

freer now

there's no more

news of the world

©barbaraataylorjuly2011

tornado season

… home after home

become pancakes

©barbaraataylorjune2011

Obama seeks out

an apostrophe

in shamrock lands

©barbaraataylormay2011

defended by his wife

the purveyor of hate

is slain

©barbaraataylormay2011

onto rich red soil

hibiscus petals fall

on a loyal friend

©barbaraataylor2011

Friday jitters

our earth wobbles

on a rocky road

©barbaraataylormarch2011

100 years on

for women still

a looooooooooong way to go

©barbaraataylormarch82011

- IWD 2011

heading for the stars

Discovery's final journey

takes off

©barbaraataylorfebruary2011

crumbling earth

the pancaked buildings

obliterate bodies

©barbaraataylorfebruary2011

what does the Sphinx

say about the

facebook revolution?

©barbaraataylorfebruary2011

meow, yur honur

poor pussy is told

she's out of order

©barbaraataylorjanuary2011

a tinny

tied to its pontoon

smashes the bridge

©barbaraataylorjanuary2011

a city sinks

into swollen brown waters

summer rains

©barbaraataylorjanuary2011

Kitty Hawk

hits the bottom

of a cold sea

©barbaraataylorjanuary2011

smoker’s plan

preparing for cessation

ruled by the moon...

only once more full before

the year of the rabbit!

©barbaraataylordecember2010

first published in Eucalypt e-challenge #9 Year of the Rabbit

Rejoice! Rejoice!

Chinese New Year

the mining forecast

a very good year

for metal bunnies

©barbaraataylordecember2010

first published in Eucalypt e-challenge #9 Year of the Rabbit’

tinny leaks

Tasho's drips splash

onto the tiles

©barbaraataylordecember2010

human rights...

his empty chair

says it all

©barbaraataylordecember2010

four upturned legs

caught between rocks

in the swollen river

©barbaraataylordecember2010

koalas beware

Oprah and her tribe

invade downunder

©barbaraataylordecember2010

imagine...

it's 30 years

still no peace

©barbaraataylordecember2010

World Aids Day...

orphans raise the flag

outside the township

©barbaraataylor2010

waning moon

all hopes dashed

at Pike River

©barbaraataylor2010

the celtic tiger

can only purr

in the corner

©barbaraataylor2010

free at last

but can she speak

her mind?

©barbaraataylor2010

left heaving

ash-covered oxen

under Merapi

©barbaraataylor2010

tideswell

between palm branches

a splintered surfboard

©barbaraataylor2010

en route to Vermont, 2007

sixty nine days down…

now fresh Chilean air

restores faith

©barbaraataylor2010

the principal says

a kookaburra's life

cannot be gay!

©barbaraataylor2010

http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-news/la-odd-kookaburra,0,4133687.story

democratic sin

aggrieved pollie advises

make a blank vote

©barbaraatayloraugust2010

operation freedom? -

after seven deadly years

the US exits death

©barbaraatayloraugust2010

coming to life

in gold treasures

the dark ages

©barbaraataylor2010

Die!

in Zimbabwe

or die in ZA...

what choice?

barbaraataylorjuly2010

Out!

damned spies...

a new cold war

©barbaraataylorjuly2010

under fire

between the street stalls

crushed red shirts

©barbaraataylormay2010

a new home

Little Orphan Annie

goes digital

©barbaraataylormay2010

absolution

der Rottweiler condemns

sexual abuse

©barbaraataylormay2010

the difference

between b and m

is a slump!

©barbaraataylormay2010

in marsh lands

a slippery sludge

sheens on wings

©barbaraataylormayl2010

our on-line affair

zapped

by a storm

©barbaraataylorfebruary2010

first published Sketchbook Valentinethread 2010

Obama Say:

"...been there, done that..."

hallelujah! the moon saved

from golden arches

©barbaraataylorapril2010

heritage-protected the leprechauns smile...toadstools for all

©barbaraataylormarch2010

under concrete slabs

a wriggling finger

offers hope

©barbaraataylormarch2010

sorry tiger

licks his

wounds

©barbaraataylorfebruary2010

after 27 years

Mandela's first steps

freedom at last…

two decades later

the townships' struggles live on

©barbaraataylorfebruary2010

over the valley

the kookaburra calls

new year greetings

©barbaraataylorjanuary2010

climate change

number one

on the agenda

©barbaraataylordecember2009

in limbo

the Oceanic Viking

on rocky waves

©barbaraataylornovember2009

red dust

swallows the sky -

spring equinox

©barbaraataylorseptember2009

liberation -

emancipated women

in bloomers

©barbaraatayloraugust2009

bloody riots

freedom of speech

on Teheran's streets

©barbaraataylorjune2009

twenty years on

Tiananmen heroes

not forgotten

©barbaraataylorjune2009

hibernation a coiled python chills out

©barbaraataylormay2009

columbine

ten years on

what did you learn?

©barbaraataylorapril2009

in disgrace

he madoff

to jail

©barbaraataylormarch2009

to Geraldine …

her poetic voice

is still heard

©barbaraataylorfebruary2009

creationists

don't recognise

his birthday

©barbaraataylorfebruary2009

red orb rising-

sweet scents of frangipani

through the smoky air

a warning

it's too late to depart

©barbaraatayloraugust2007

hugs all round

finding neighbours

alive

©barbaraataylorfebruary2009

Australia Day

On the Chinese New Year

Fireworks

Welcome to new migrants

Becoming Dinky Di

©barbaraataylorjanuary262009

must be

his Irish ancestry

O'bama's sworn in twice

to be sure

©barbaraataylorjanuary2009

on King's platform

in Lincoln's steps

Obama recalls dreams

©barbaraataylorjanuary2009

“It's not my fault”

ducking for cover

the dodgy bush

a living legend

leaves in disgrace

ready with her axe

as strong as an ox

thanks to vitamins

90 years on

9 million dead soldiers

we remember them

the scarlet poppies still grow

the battlefields continue

sharing the sun

my longest

your shortest

first published IHT Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Asahi Network, 2009

in zimbabwe

only grave-diggers

have jobs

first published Moonset Literary Newspaper spring/summer 2009

a decade of excess

by greedy bankers

c for collapse

transformation

change has come

to america!

take chances

in swinging states

be proud

socializing losses

toxic corporate debts

for Main Street

the ninth lunar month

sighting the crescent moon

fast from dawn to dusk...

now, quieter celebrations

forty less bombings

vote for me

mugabe's final offer,

or starve

Go, Jiang Xiaojuan!

her village devastated

breastfeeds nine babies

this madonna of China

Mother of the Year

kids stolen at night

turned into slaves

or killing machines

in paddy fields

the splintered hulls

of capsized boats

made in China carbon offsets

the Snow Lion flag increasing emissions

banned in China trading agronomy

female advancement making women without the y

this six-ring circus

a journey of harmony behind steel fences

blessed be!

a million dollars per day

the rottweiler's trip

shock and awe

still counting the dead

five years on

outside the temple

stinging eyes

Tibet

healing

in a message stick

of sorry

Sorry Day, Australia, 13 February 2008

untouchables

becoming human

after conversion

no energy left

to light up our world--

the tipping point

Five years on

Frightened World

Lamentations

Five Years On

Frightened World

September 11 2006

white flags wave

a choice is made

my mother or my child?

RU486

life giving

taking for some

woman on top-

tall poppies

falling

first published Folly 2006

slippery

footseteps

seeking snow shelter

K A T R I N A

29 August 2005

Kill to have fresh water, food

Abandoned like rats in a sinking ship

Tricked into moving to more danger

Rescued six disastrous days later

Interred by bursting dikes

Nature is the greatest force

America cannot control

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our world wobbled

great waves swamped

swallowed shores in paradise

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Lines of Constant Pressure

Restless

Isobars

Tell

All

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Downtown Darfur

Overburdened

Bony stallion collapses

Weighted down, wasted

Fleeing refugees go back

Give him a proper burial

trains of death

in foggy nights

let not the past

become the future

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