Haiku

 

 

Elizabeth Howard   fireflies rise across the dark expanse a blanket of stars     desk drawer a pink jellybean melted in the corner     woodpecker rapping a mailbox of offers I can't refuse     Karina Klesko Wind Haiku   march wind— a weeks severance pay and a paper shamrock     snoring all night— a gust of wind unlatches the cabin door     windy day the empty canoe glides across the lake     Haiku Andreas Gripp Full moon free of clouds Crescendo of crickets     Slumbering forest cloaked in snowfall The sound of snapping twigs     Dawn's dew beads on blossoms Hummingbird hovers   *from Beads on Blossoms. Andreas Gripp. Canada: Harmonia Press. March 2008.     Haiku Sequence Vasile Moldovan, RO Uncertain Season Uncertain season— through the ice pellicles the frogs' rut Shipwreck on the shore— thousands of tadpoles playing hide and seek Leafing overnight the poplar trees on the bank... so many tree frogs A little pigeon escaped from the winter lap— the spring itself Calligraphy... on the telegraph wires lined up the swallows Chiromancy... What could this ant read out of your life line? The church bell tower— a blue butterfly asks us: how late is it? Between sky and earth a pathway for ants: the wooden cross Lone in the spring rain... on the umbrella's handle a lady bird