here in the garden
worms outnumber
the dead

(Graham Nunn)







reincarnations
wriggling to escape

(Barbara A Taylor)







Cowards!
I cannot believe
they're gone

(Betty Ann Galloway)







‘scuse me, friend
this spot taken?

(Liam)







our breathing stilled
a city crumbles beyond
the north window

(Wilie)







cutting deeper
a blade fashions sorrow

(Liam)







iron coloured smoke
slicing through the fallen trees
never stops rising

(grant)







foraging wild pigs
squeal on their backs

(Barbara A Taylor)







mudslinging
zombie brides
dirty dancing

(Betty Ann Galloway)







sweet words below the hedge
the earth quakes

(Claire)







maybe it’s the tides
pulling our bodies back up
pulp gleams in moonlight

(grant)







spindle-limbs erected
all along the shore

(Jasmina)







behind closed doors
bony fingers are spinning thread
for shrouds

(Genevieve Osborne)







esprit de corps!
mummies scatter

(Liam)







swinging a baseball bat
I hear that
satisfying crunch

(Ashley Capes)







fresh mounds pop up
in the soupy mist

(Jasmina)







bearded iris
holds and
shuffles the deck

(Liam)







each nodding head
learning to crawl again

(grant)

Continued from Zombie Haikunaut Renga I. This is Part 2 of Cordite’s Zombie Haikunaut Renga project. This renga has now been completed.