Selected Haiku: Winter Sunlight and Tea Haiku

a sip of tea ...
listening to winter
sunlight

German Translation by Chrysanthemum Editorial Team

ein Schlückchen Tee ...
dem Winter lauschend
Sonnenlicht

Chrysanthemum, 21, Spring 2011

Selected Haiku: Jagged Moon Haiku

jagged moon

in every window ...

prison riot

 

Shamrock, 37, 2017

Selected Haiku: Lingering Doubts Haiku

four-leaf clover ...
these lingering doubts
about her love

Chinese Translation

四葉苜
關於她的愛這些揮之不去
的疑問

Ardea, 7, 2017

Selected Haiku: Strand of Hair Haiku

first light

a strand of her hair

between my lips

 

tinywords, 17:1, 2017

Selected Haiku: Old Man and Stray Dog Haiku

old man's winter night
a stray dog
walking its shadow

NeverEnding Story, February 26, 2017

Selected Haiku: Grandma and First Snowflakes Haiku

the clicking
of grandma's needles ...
first snowflakes

Modern Haiku, 48:2, Summer 2017

Editor's commentary: A great pairing. I especially like the pairing of sound and sight.

Selected Haiku: Summer Rain Haiku

love me or not
intermittent
summer rain

hedgerow, 108, 2017

Selected Haiku: Floating world Haiku

floating world ...
this childhood river
of summer stars

Cattails, April 2017

Selected Haiku: Needle Marks Haiku

needle marks 
on the girl’s left arm …
pinned butterfly

Revision, Acorn, 38, Spring 2017

Selected Haiku: Gunshots and Shooting Star Haiku

between gunshots a shooting star

Frogpond, 40:1, Winter 2017

Selected Haiku: Smell of Winter Rain Haiku

whiskey glass
brimming with a moonless sky
the smell of winter rain

Revision, hedgerow, 101, January 20, 2017

Selected Haiku: Child Refugee Haiku

child refugee
a handful
of winter sunlight

The Heron's Nest, 19:1, March 2017

Selected Haiku: High School Dropout Haiku

a bull's horns
sharpened by the winter wind
high school dropout

Chinese Translation

公牛的角
被冬風磨尖
高中輟學生

Coviews, January 2, 2017

Selected Haiku: Skyline Haiku

the skyline
etched in shadow
a refugee

Chinese Translation

天際線
蝕刻在陰影中
一位難民

Whispers, January 5,2017

Selected Haiku: Street Dogs Haiku

winter solstice
a street dog
outbarks the rest

Chinese Translation

冬至
一隻流浪狗
比其餘的狗叫得大聲

Whispers, January 5,2017

Selected Haiku: Old Man and Blue Shirt Haiku

old man in the wind ...
a clothesline blue shirt
hugging itself

NeverEnding Story, December 21, 2016

Selected Haiku: Getting Old Haiku

morning coffee
darkened with the thought
of getting old

Wild Plum, Spring/Summer 2017

Selected Haiku: Exile Haiku

sea-worn pebble
in my hand
tenth year of exile

NeverEnding Story, December 3, 2016

Selected Haiku: Summer’s End Haiku

summer’s end

a line of seashells

on the windowsill

Creatrix, 35, 2016

Nominated for 2016 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Individual Awards by Creatrix editors

Selected Haiku: Blue Monarch Haiku

a blue monarch
covered in morning dew ...
the newborn

NeverEnding Story, November 21, 2016