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The Black Scotsman Press “ Backward & Inoffensive †|
by Gus Ferguson
Just like New Zealand -
it’s so nice to see the odd
black face now and then
— Editor’s note: This haiku was composed apropos the Neighbour Goods Market at the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, run by the what if the world artists’ collective. The market re-creates Shangri-La as a movie set every Saturday. Photo:
a found haiku by Gus Ferguson
The copyright sign
is copyrighted under
the Copyright Act.
– extract from the Government Gazette, no. 69-2010
a haiku by Sue Clark
Ten minutes away
the exotic trading store.
Who needs to travel?
Carapace no. 59 is out; as the magazine has no website, Boswestblog steps into the breach (with permission from publisher & editor). Two poems:
Haiku
The poet’s wife -
when the car won’t start
she calls the neighbour.
Slakkie van der Schyffe
—–
by Ben Oswest
You girls are thin
because you smoke
and drink cappuccino
but don’t drink Coke
if you know what I mean.
a haiku by Gus Ferguson
Refusing to tip
the parking attendant,
she bought him a latte.
by Gus Ferguson
The free coffee is
awful the expensive
disappointing
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So much for literacy:
Hordes of intellectuals
shoving and bickering
to exit the entrance.
