Double Rainbow Haiku

three words uttered

under a double rainbow

I exhale, you inhale

Romanian Translation by Editor Steliana Cristina Voicu

trei cuvinte rostite

sub un curcubeu dublu

eu expir, tu inspiri

Enchanted Garden, 12, 2025

Blooming Faces Haiku

blooming faces

mother's water sprinkler

spouts a rainbow

NeverEnding Story, May 11 2025

Blooming Faces Haiku

blooming faces

mother's water sprinkler

spouts a rainbow

NeverEnding Story, March 8 2025

Added:

dewdrops on the tip of a leaf

the ballerina holds her pose

Added:

the tattered banner

not one woman less

not one more death

flapping in evening chill ...

a long scream cuts to silence

FYI: For more about poems for International Women's Day, see Special Feature: Selected Poems on Women Navigating Their Multi-Faceted Lives

Cliff's Edge Haiku

cancer diagnosis ...

the glimpse of a rainbow

over the cliff's edge 

NeverEnding Story, August 30, 2022

Selected Haiku: Chalk Rainbow Haiku

the end
of a chalk rainbow --
foreclosure sign

The Heron's Nest, 18:4, December 2016

Selected Tanka: Rainbow Tanka

our laughter flows
from one street block
to another ...
mother's garden hose
spouting a rainbow

German Translation by Tony Böhle

unser Gelächter
von einem Straßenzug
zum anderen
Mutters Gartenschlauch
speit einen Regenbogen

Ribbons, 11:3, Fall 2015
Featured Poet, Einunddreissig, November 2015

Rainbow Bubbles Haiku

behind the cloud
of rainbow bubbles
a child refugee

Frogpond, 41:1, Winter 2018

Rainbow's End Haiku

rainbow's end
at the border fence
those faces

Blithe Spirit, 28:1, 2018

Half a Rainbow Haiku

the edge
of the unspoken ...
half a rainbow

tinywords, November 29, 2017

Chalk Rainbow Haiku

the end
of a chalk rainbow --
foreclosure sign

The Heron's Nest, 18:4, December 2016

Selected Haiku: Double Rainbow Haiku

last day of school
a double rainbow arches
above our silence

6th place, Sketchbook,  May / June 2011 "Rainbow" Kukai Contest

Rainbow's Edge Haiku

old man and his dog
at the rainbow's end
a burning farm

Selected Haiku, 2016 Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest

Laughter Tanka

our laughter flows
from one street block
to another...
mother's garden hose
spouting a rainbow

German Translation by Tony Böhle

unser Gelächter
von einem Straßenzug
zum anderen
Mutters Gartenschlauch
speit einen Regenbogen

Featured Poet, Einunddreissig, November 2015
First published in Ribbons, 11:3, Fall 2015

Fading Rainbow Tanka

I watch
the rainbow fading
into the clouds ...
the promise
she made years ago

Hedgerow, 54, November 6 2015

Rainbow Tanka

our laughter flows
from one street block
to another ...
mother's garden hose
spouting a rainbow

Ribbons, 11:3, Fall 2015

Rainbow Haiku

last day of school
a double rainbow arches
above our silence

6th place, Sketchbook,  May / June 2011 "Rainbow" Kukai Contes

Rainbow haiku

writing her name
on the attic window...
rainbow

Sketchbook, May / June 2011 "Rainbow" Kukai Thread

Rainbow Haiku

double rainbow
after a summer shower
alone by the lake

Asahi Haikuist Network (July 1, 2011)