Sunday, 28 November 2010

Tiger Balm

Sri Lankan ceasefire
Amnesty amnesia
Peaceful namaste

Saturday, 27 November 2010

I say, I say, I say...

Variety show
An entertaining hodgepodge
Vaudeville olio

Friday, 26 November 2010

Ticket to Ride

Ireland swiftly sinks
Hopes pinned on prayer and lotto
Bonanza besought

Monday, 4 October 2010

Green-eyed Goddess

Unrequited lust
Crazed nympholeptic attack
Hell hath such fury

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Bunny Hopping

Kids seek Easter eggs
Fossicking and frolicking
Cocoa treasure hunt

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Película del Oeste

Spaghetti Western
Lip-synched Hispanic show-down
Mussitated script

Friday, 1 October 2010

Flick of a Switch

Meditative flash
Sharp epiphanic instant
Satori moment

Thursday, 30 September 2010

Vlad the ...um...Paler

Blood-sucking vampires
Noctilionine phantoms
Lucifugous spooks

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Take it Away!

Brassed off brass band banned
Confiscable instruments
They're gone with the wind

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Unwritten Rule

Invisible feint
Penned with disappearing ink
Self-effacing type

Monday, 27 September 2010

(!)

Legs spread akimbo
Bracketed exclamation
Punctuated porn

Phobic

Latest iPhone apps
New-fangled technology
Gizmo rigmarole

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Love it!

Devine yeasty spread
Celestially derived
Manna from heaven

Green Power

16-inch courgette
Fending off ursine attacks
Well whodathunkit?

Pope on the Ropes

Big man dressed in white
The Holy 'See no Evil'
Self-serving aeon

Saturday, 25 September 2010

Wailing Wall

Distance makes me keen
Absence makes the heart fonder
I'll remain agog

Swift Humour

Gargantuan eyes
To rival Marty Feldman
Brobdingnagian

Unrequited

Imago amour
Yours is the face I still see
When I close my eyes

Jerked Feet

St Vitus danced it
Sydenham choreographed
Jazzy jactation

Future Perfect

A bright dawn awaits
Perpetual forward flux
The optimist wends

In the Can-Can

Vaudeville, Moulin Rouge
Feathers, powder, paint and flesh
A burlesque display

Graduated Affair

Benjamin Braddock
Mrs. Robinson's toy-boy
Hobbledehoy lust

Crisp 'n' Dry

Crystals on the grass
Visible breath before me
Frabjous morning walk

Punctuation Haiku#1

Colostomy-bagged
Puncturated post-op change
A semi-colon

Mature Students

Lapping up knowledge
Noddy dogs in the front row
Barking out answers

Tantalising Tit

A hint of nipple
A smudge of pendulous breast
Diaphanous blouse

Stop!?

Punctuation types
Astonished curious group 
Interrobang gang

Thursday, 16 September 2010

Blob Guests America

Large quaggy songstress
It ain't over till she sings
Star-Spangled Banner

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Suited and Booted

Transgender role-play
It's her who wears the trousers
Androgynous boss

Unfriendly Fire

Better watch your back
Lest an arrow be shot there
By arch enemies

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

An Exceptional Host

'This bread is divine!'
'It's my special recipe.'
Ambrosial meal

Monday, 13 September 2010

Skin Deep

'Am I beautiful?'
'Um...' paused the plastic surgeon
Cosmetic filler

Calendar Girl

Looney lunar looks
The babe with Betty Boop eyes
Gave full-moon regards

Tittle Title

A soupçon of French
With requisite cedilla
Vrai accent français

Sunday, 12 September 2010

If Looks Could Kill

His eyes said it all
Murderous subaudition
She withered and died

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Lover's Lament

You were good to screw
But without you I feel screwed
Oh how I rue you

Saucy Decisions

Bearnaise sauce with steak?
Or Hollandaise with salmon?
Guess I'll roux the day

Friday, 10 September 2010

Fahrenheit 451

Disgraceful 'Pastor'
Planning a Qur'an bonfire
Ramadan ding-dong

Just Desserts

Dubious cold dish
A hint of bitter almonds
It's just a soupçon

1977

Party in the streets
A royal celebration
Silver jubilee

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Hai-kugel

A happy new year
With rambunctious horn-blowing
L'shanah tovah

North and South

Divided country
Eire remains just a dream
Gerrymandered isle

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

In the Biblical Sense

Divine trinity
Tantamount to testament
Holy rubric cubed

Turin Mystery

Unknown shrouded corpse
Zetetic detective work
Reveals John Doe's name

Savvy Navvy

Luminous waistcoat
Hi-visibility work
Kenspeckle labour

Friday, 3 September 2010

Treble Trouble

Witches cachinnate
Stirring a bubbling cauldron
High-pitched regicide

Thursday, 2 September 2010

Parent Power

Omnipresent mum
An innate ability
For bilocation

Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Mouth Watering

Meandering chat
Anacoluthic drivel
A tortuous stream

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Treasured Chests

Beachcombing voyeurs
Sneek a peek as girlies beek
Bikini-clad trove

Monday, 30 August 2010

A Warm Deceptive Smile

Tricked out of my treat
By your Jack O'Lantern grin
Cruel shenanigans

Sunday, 29 August 2010

Neighbourhood Wotcha

A cheery hello
To the kith in the locale
Safety in numbers

Saturday, 28 August 2010

Fromage Fray

Cheshire cheese cat fight
Wild feline that got the cream
Ailurophile scrum

Daydream Believer

Late afternoon nap
Drifting off on the chaise longue
Couchant reverie

Friday, 27 August 2010

Eggy Bred

Can I have some...more?
Oh I'll never have un oeuf
Milquetoast Maman

Bacon and Sauerkraut

Jewish and Irish
A fatal combination
Till death do us part

Puntsh Drunk

Black-belt in black hat
Roundhouse kick to the punim
Hassidic judo

Yid be Needin' a Map#2

To Tipperary?
Vey iz mir! Don't start from here!
It's a long aul' schlep

Yid be Needin' a Map

To Tipperary?
Well, I wouldn't start from here!
It's a long aul' schlep

Thursday, 26 August 2010

Word Nerd

Enunciation
Vowel-consonant science
Fine orthoepy

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Hot Scott

Midas Connery
Guaranteed Pussy Galore
With his Goldfinger

Hot Scotch

Tight little island
Make mine a Gaelic coffee
With whisky galore

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

What Lies Beneath?

Ovine overcoat
Appearances can deceive
Masking lupine truths

What's all the Skype?

Circadian beat
Thrown by sweet nocturnal jive
But he rocks my world

Monday, 23 August 2010

Take it Back

Cruel repossession
Bailiffs knocking down the door
Distressed distrainee

Sunday, 22 August 2010

Food for Nought

Greedy gossips seek
Salacity in volumes
Scandal gormandized

Me 'n' U

He's so delicious
He makes me avaricious
Gormandize me now!

Vitreous Humor

Wolfed from a glass plate
The belly's bigger than them
Juicy gormand eyes

Saturday, 21 August 2010

Old Spice

Meat that's past its best
Sharply dressed in camouflage
Piquant maquillage

Apoplectic

Sudden burst of rage
Boiling sanguinary stew
A foudroyant stroke

Friday, 20 August 2010

Funny Bones#2

Nimble phalanges
Delicately vellicate
Digital delights

Funny Bones

Nimble phalanges
Fluency in effleurage
Digital delights

Thursday, 12 August 2010

Transatlantic Blues

Unlike Liza 'M'
Letter 'S' makes me enthuse
Rhapsody in 'Z'

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Take it Lying Down

Face the unknown prone
When posed a puzzling koan
Choose to sleep on it

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Altared State

Jilting the poor groom
The bride absquatulated
Fast on frigid feet

Monday, 9 August 2010

Straight Ruler

Given twelve inches
An upright gerent will take
A foot, not a mile

Sunday, 8 August 2010

Grounded

Knickers in a twist
Flying gives me the fantods
Thank God for Xanax

Saturday, 7 August 2010

Which Craft?

Etymology
Voodoo? Magic? Charisma?
That's some mojo source

Friday, 6 August 2010

Thrush

I've an honest yeuk
A little bird told me so
Being candida

Thursday, 5 August 2010

Green Horn

Cow eyes bat coyly
Naive novice innocence
Cheechako amour

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Note to Self

Try to keep it breve
Even shorter: semibreve
Better still: minim

Put the Skids on

Sit and rest a while
Take a constipated pause
On a tarry stool

Monday, 2 August 2010

Hold the Mayo!

With cries of fowl play
She served up a dressing down
A spatchcock sandwich

Sunday, 1 August 2010

T-Junction

Which path should you take?
Let serendipity choose
Why prognosticate?

Footwear Destiny

Blithely Nancy stomped
Those boots put to their purpose
Stiletto revenge

Friday, 30 July 2010

Warmongering

Bush-Blair deceptions
Casuistry mass-destructs
Where were those weapons?

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Boobed

Silicone implants
Exploding at altitude
Busticated bust

Monstrous

Rodent behemoth
Wee cow'rin tim'rous beastie
Scares biblical hulk

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Polemic

The blame game plays out
Televised finger pointing
Where lies the onus?

A Steady Hand

Swift decisive cut
The Mohel's eighth-day duty
A nebbish-free zone

Making Waves

Manual fervour
Zealous gesticulations
Windmills of my mind

Blood Suckers

Malarial pests
Protozoan parasites
Quotidian sweats

Size Elevens

Learn to keep it shut
Avoid foot-in-mouth disease
Flibbertigibbet

Mistress and Commander

Paddle-spanked and whipped
Enjoined by cuffs and collar
He's dominatrixed

Walk the Wok

Oriental stroll
Chinese constitutional
A round-bottomed dish

Medicinal Purposes

The juice of the grape
Vinum as panacea
Elixir of life

Lurex

Ravelled lustrous yarns
Nitid metallic fibres
Purlescent sweater

Monday, 26 July 2010

Just a Phase

My honeymoon wax
Has grown a four-week stubble
As lust's ardour wanes

Cashing in

Burning down the house
My potlatch party will rock
Dowse the flames with gas

Veto

Don Corleone
To wear Sicilian garb?
A tough decision

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Gem

Diamond in the rough
Wrought by celestial hands
Heavenly bijou

Monday, 5 July 2010

Ouch!

'Put me down!' she cried
Onomatopoeic drop
She lands with a squelch

Sunday, 4 July 2010

Twilight

Crepuscular sun
Dimming on the horizon
Vespertine view

Hazy

I barely recall
Delicious fading features
Evanescent face

Thursday, 1 July 2010

Self-love

Dumb Narcissus
Object of your own desire
Hunk adoré

Buff

Golden adonis
Perfect specimen of man
Hunky doré

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Red Hot Polka

The Grim Reaper calls
On a rug-cutting mission
Quelle danse macabre

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Drunken Sailor

Slow unsteady yaw
Strong liquor swells beneath me
Lubricated legs

Monday, 28 June 2010

Hungry Heart

My appetite yens
A gnawing heartburn grumble
Bitter jealousy

Sunday, 27 June 2010

4-1

Abysmal display
Despite the disallowed goal
St. George would feel slayed

Captivating

Enclosed audience
Attention now held fully
You're mine to enthrall

Saturday, 26 June 2010

Gâteaux

Pedestrian choux
Puffy decorated feat
Delicate cakewalk

Vuvuzela

African trumpets
Herald ghanaian triumph
Homeward USA

Contact

Dextrous digits stroke
My unrivalled ecstasy
Finger-licking good

Smurf

'Neath phrygian caps
Blue faces blanch in terror
Evil Gargamel

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Struck

Tactile comedy
Through slapstick haptic contact
Laughter touches us

Dam-busted

Battle-scarred players
Steel themselves against the Hun
The old enemy

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Apertures

Ornate architraves
Transgressing Baroque portals
Rococo egress

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Dangling

My sweet neck festooned
With ball and chain emotions
A life's baggage packed

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Cumbria

Twelve lies the tally
Innocent victims shot dead
Which trigger triggered?

Nightmares

Wine and cheese party
A noctivagant repast
Soporific meal

Gauteng

In hijacked buildings
Sit improvised embassies
Sham Joahnnesburg

Saturday, 5 June 2010

Vacated

Solar-tinted skin
Kissed a hint of pink and tan
Neopolitan ice-cream

Sunday, 30 May 2010

Ropey

Bold Bacchus beckoned
Dionysus insisted
Mourning this morning

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Caesura

Haiku hiatus
Brief prosody vacation
On black sand I lie

Sovereignty

Sweet silent moment
Tranquility reigns supreme
A regnant pause

A Certain Age

Moldering brunette
Her varicose veins throbbing
Venous not Venus

Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Sound Threshold

Lewd vessel-banging
Wedding night shenanigans
Bawdy shivaree

Monday, 24 May 2010

Pyrotechnicians

Incendiary
Kingston lights the touch paper
An explosive joint

Neutered

Chiennes épuisées
Fatigued by lack of chaleur;
The dogs came in spayeds

Unseasoned

Doggone doggerel
Your corpus interruptus
Hampers pure haiku

Pickelicious

Heavenly Branston
Vinegary Valhalla
For heroic veg

Shady Individual

Charcoal reverie
His face in adumbration
My mono lover

Waistful

Oh supine rapture
His hand on my saddle point
To which he is prone

Sneeze

Doctor's waiting room
Invisible diseases
Transpire the ether

Sunday, 23 May 2010

Slug Repellent

A jungle-like lawn
Too long was it left uncut
Phlegmatic was I

Kiss

Calyx encircled
In divine osculation;
My corolla waits

Yorkie

More Fergie faux pas
A cash-for-access scandal
It's not for Royals

Saturday, 22 May 2010

Exhausted

Pneumatic crisis
My tyre leaves me deflated
Jointly we suspire

Bengali Bonus

Chicken jalfrezi
Peshwari naan and pilau
Here's a fat baksheesh

Friday, 21 May 2010

Cock o' the Walk

Avoiding traffic
Reckless chicken crosses road
A plucky display

Mint Sauce

Sheep bleating wake me
Hateful ovine dawn chorus
Lamb chops for dinner

Thursday, 20 May 2010

Bankers

Bank of Ireland wins
The shareholders' votes are cast
The tax-payers lose

Holy War

Not-for-prophet group's
Mohammed cartoon contest
Sparks facebook jihad

One of the Regulars

This lexicon is
The site I frequent; so I'm
An habitué

2012

Wenlock, Mandeville
Children scream in terror at
One-eyed humanoids

Ed to Ed with David

Labour leadership
Let battle commence, Ed Balls
Contra(Mili)band

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

On Haiku

A linguistic gym
To flex my verbal muscle
Oral pilates

A Start

Syllabic poets;
My sesquipedalian
Haiku début's here.