unexpected heat
a mannequin
winks at me

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John McManus

John McManus is 32. He live is Carlisle, Cumbria, England with his wife and children. He is the former Expositions editor for A Hundred Gourds, and is the founder and current editor of Frozen Butterfly. He was awarded a Touchstone Award from The Haiku Foundation in 2012, as well as winning the annual Heron's Nest Readers choice awards. His haiku have been published in over 20 different journals and he was one of the poets featured in New Resonance 8 (Red Moon Press).

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  1. Ah, I remember mannequins as quite sinister, first in the British series The Avengers, a spy-fi British television series created in the 1960s, followed by Dr Who.

    Glad you turned it around, reminds me now of the romantic US film Mannequin, a 1987 romantic comedy fantasy film starring Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, and James Spader.

    Great fun. :-)

    Alan

  2. I was momentarily startled by a White Bat Flower the other day… in a hothouse no less!

    funny what the heat can do

    enjoying your ku

    Cheers
    scott

  3. Ha! Good one, John. I too was spooked by mannequins for the very reason that Alan has mentioned (TV has a lot to answer for! :) ) I particularly disliked those in Dr Who who I seem to remember had a finger that flicked up/down to reveal a gun. Perhaps it was even scarier because I was growing up in Northern Ireland.

    I still think I'd freak out if one winked at me, though! :)

    marion

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