Haiku 1, May 2008

Anthony Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Ireland

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sleepless ...

behind the blinds

an icicle stabs the moon

Maya Lyubenova, Kotel, Bulgaria

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summer clouds —

an umbrella for the hawker

selling greens

monsoon evening —

lightning shows the path to kids

to reach home

spring morning dream —

unwillingly I get up

from 'savasan' (Savasan is a supine posture for rest in Yoga)

Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India

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A hog eats

the caps of acorns full

of autumn rain.

Vitomir Miletic – Witata, Petrovaradin, Serbia

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a flash of lightning

splits the darkened sky

scent of wet earth

Gautam Nadkarni, India

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hitori kite/sakabinn katate/haka arau

with his right hand

the man washes the tomb

a sake bottle in another

yuki nokori/aisho wo mune ni/kimi yukeri

the snow is left...

his favorite book

in his casket

kouunki/karasu sekirei/shitagae te

the cultivator leads

the crows ,the wagtails...

on parade

kurumaisu/noru hito mo naku/tsubaki ochi

a camellia falls...

the wheelchair has no one

to get in

nushi yukinu/hakurenn muku ni/yure yure te

the hostess is gone ...

the pure white magnolias

swinging in the air

Hisanori Ogane, Japan

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high meadows--

another summer crosses

the mountain

retouching

the golden strokes in icons

...spring sun

Dana-Maria Onica, Petrosani, Romania

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behind the willow curtain

the pen builds her nest

twig by twig

left inside the room

a party-goer’s coat –

this freezing night

Maeve O’Sullivan, Dublin, Ireland

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lightning flash--

six paper planes

in a puddle

Carol Pearce-Worthington, USA

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Pine pollen -

my red car becomes

dusty orange.

Blue-eyed grass

on my non-mowed lawn -

I move it to flower beds.

Mid-summer night -

the scent of yarrow

in the hay.

Yesterday,

a wavy field of fleabanes -

today, just hay.

Zhanna Rader, USA

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mist wraps

the twilight sky ~ sound

of the vast ocean

the milky way had

vanished ~ crickets listen

to the drizzle

temple pond ~

a solitary bather among

white water-lilies

spring dawn ~

the moon still above

the coconut tree

Narayanan Raghunathan, India

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summer afternoon...

watermelon juice drips

from the cart man's hand

summer afternoon...

the slow walk of

a pregnant goat

k. Ramesh

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waterfall. . .

do darting birds

tickle it?

from the cold

I step into a tap-dance rhythm...

a clock store

temple elephant—

a mahout rides into

the gathering mist

daybreak. . .

mist out of nowhere

slips over the pond

running colours . . .

raindrops slicing

the rainbow

Kala Ramesh, Pune, India

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The blind boy

Holding a pair of fireflies,

Touches his eyes

Firefly flashes light;

The cigar of a man

lights up too

Autumn wind

Fluttering twin-leaves

Become a butterfly

Parimala Rao, India

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Mother's Day:

moose teaches calf to jump

farmer's fence

Ash Wednesday:

priest blesses drivers

of snowmobiles

Janice Jordan Rosenberger, Vermont USA

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early spring

a baby steer weighted down

by its head

spring haze

in the bluebird's beak

tinge of red

bay stillness . . .

the sudden sharp rasping

of mangrove cicadas

almost falling out

of the tiniest sapling

tiny nest

Bruce Ross, Maine, USA

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A flaming maple leaf

on black asphalt - takes me

to next moment

Frost-covered birches

with blue patches of sky -

my winter icon

Riitta Rossilahti, Finland

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heat wave

even the moon

ripens fast

Ann K. Schwader, Westminster, CO, USA

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Flattened wheat

Twisting their necks,

young ears rise

An apricot tree meets

the wall. Young shoots

bend sunward

Moorland –

in a flash a march tit

brushes the mist

Slavko Sedlar, Vrsac, Serbia

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dragonfly....

only one day

at a time

shanna

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April blossoms

drift into yesterday…

the blossoms:

full again

fewer friends

the dragonfly

longing to delay

the final flight

Marie Shimane, Chiba, Japan

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Spring clean in the garden

Hands star'd by thorns

I think briars always win

Sleet falls at a wild slant

Sheets rip-flap on the clothesline -

A sodden slap.

Silver salver moon,

A tea tray to teapot earth –

Who shall be mother

Bee Smith

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Labor Day—

morning glories reach the top

of a silk tree

putting laundry away —

the naturalist’s sock drawer filled

with new-hatched mantis

Nancy Stewart Smith, Georgia, USA

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spring fair

hail bounces

on canvas awning

warm west wind

waving horizontally

loose spider's thread

Andre Surridge, Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND

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afternoon hail,

the bodyguards take cover

in the flower shop

behind the temple

next to the waterfall,

the abbot's Mercedes

Lars Vargo

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under the new snow

even the power plant

looks nice and clean

Vid Vukasovic, Beograd, Serbia

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silent dawn

the tulips bloom between

my daydreams

Bette Norcross Wappner, Erlanger, KY, USA

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desert moon

a coyote leaves

the chicken coop

Easter visit

she caresses the chip

on mother's tea cup

Carmel Westerman, USA

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early frost

my wife inhales the steam

from her coffee

summertime

mocking the mocking bird

mocking me

Gene Williamson, Galloway, NJ, USA

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Spring sea –

Wrinkled from the sun

And the storm

Freezing storm –

A stolen glance of a couple in love

Goes astray into the bus

(Translated from Croatian by Sasa Vazic)

Jadran zalokar

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