spring shower

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spring shower

I sink into

my Danaë

 

 

 

white cream flowers

of black elderberry

impostor syndrome

 

 

 

the closer

the quieter

bluebells

 

Golden Haiku Poetry Competition 2024, second place winner

 

 

departure

 

Publication on Substack

departure

the ruts in a dirt road

frozen hard

 

first published in Wales Haiku Journal, winter 2023/24

 

 

 

so light, so heavy

a butterfly settles

on the granite slab

 

first published in Presence, March 2024

 

 

 

molto mesto

the flutist takes

a deep breath

 

first published in The Heron’s Nest, March 2024

 

 

winter graveyard

Publication on Substack 

winter graveyard

wrapped in a white scarf

a woman in black

 

first published in Przekrój, winter 2023

 

 

 

dying

the old dog learns

a new trick

 

first published in Przekrój, winter 2023

 

 

 

metamorphoses

of our love

rose petal jam

 

first published in Przekrój, winter 2023

 

morning fog

 

Publication on Substack

morning fog

the clatter of horses’ hooves

on cobblestones

 

first published in Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2023

 

 

 

stripping us

of illusions

autumn wind

 

first published in Presence, November 2023

 

 

 

a stray dog

follows me for a while

winter dusk

 

 

autumn solitude

Publication on Substack 

autumn solitude

a salmon-belly sunset

on the cold river

 

first published in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, November 2023

 

 

 

the voice

of the unsayable

wind in yellow reeds

 

first published in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, November 2023

 

 

 

dropping in

at the old hut

summer rain

 

first published in Cattails, October 2023

 

I take you

Publication on Substack 

I take you

for granted

summer grass

 

first published in Modern Haiku, autumn 2023

 

 

 

the swans are so white

as if they only ate

water lilies

 

first published in Chrysanthemum, October 2023

 

 

 

an old windmill

abandoned in a field

chill autumn wind

 

first published in Cattails, October 2023

 

as if he wanted

 

Publication on Substack

as if he wanted

to catch the setting sun

an old fisherman

 

first published in Wales Haiku Journal, summer 2023

 

 

 

heavily powdered worm moon

 

 

in the sea of cornflowers hippocampus

 

 

over-caffeinated sunset the Zeppelin cloud on fire

 

 

first publish in Bones, October 2023