AUGUST CHALLANGE / PART ONE

 

Please submit your poems between August 1 and 14. 

Any haiku submitted outside this submission period will not be considered.

 Continue the haiku using the given line:

agoraphobia - 

 1

agoraphobia -

swaps TV for radio for 

an outdoor concert

2

agoraphobia -

in prison he feels 

free and safe

 

 Urszula Marciniak

 

 

 

 

 3

 

 

agoraphobia — 

old witch's spell

curing my dreams

4

 

agoraphobia —

this boat to freedom 

sans a trapdoor

 

 Sheikha A. 

 

 

 5

 agoraphobia
my closed front door to welcome
the ocean voice
 6
agoraphobia
keeping the vastness of the ocean
in a safe room

 Oscar Luparia

 

 7

 

agoraphobia -

trapped in the narrow space

of the old age

8 

agoraphobia -

the Great Lockdown still takes

its toll on me

         Natalia Kuznetsova

 9

 agoraphobia —
the supermarket doors
opening again

10

agoraphobia —
the postman's knock
moves on

Jacek Margolak

 

11

agoraphobia—
the treehouse ladder
pulled up

12

agoraphobia—
the spider pauses
on its thread

 Elliot Diamond

 14

 

agoraphobia

the cavemen still

facing the wall

15

agoraphobia

this year more dandelions

inside the fence

Biswajit Mishra

16

 agoraphobia-

the door opens from behind

and a brick wal in front of me

Brigita Lukina

17

 Agoraphobia –
crowds in a
stuffy clinic

18 

Agoraphobia –
Fidgeting
in a Long Line

 

 Glorija Lukina

 19

 

agoraphobia—

screaming under the blanket

the sound of thunder

20

agoraphobia—

neighbourhood dogs

bark at the gates

21

agoraphobia—

cycling past the cemetery

the street lights went out

22

agoraphobia—

our fierce goose 

heading for me

23

agoraphobia—

walk behind mother to the pond

—hurry home ahead

 Christina Chin 

 

24

 agoraphobia - 

aunt's pronunciation 

parrot repeats

 

 Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan