garden

garden Buddha

morning rain washes away

the snow

[First published at Temps libres]

Here's how it goes in Serge Tome's translation

Bouddha de jardin

la pluie du matin lave

la neige

age

the age

I used to call old . . .

winter solstice

A winter solstice poem after the vernal equinox? This was, of course, written a while back. I was waiting for it to appear at temps libre. Here's how it looks in French (translation by Serge Tome):

l'âge

que j'ai l'habitude d'appeler vieux . . .

solstice d'hiver

This was in part motivated by the fact that the solstice falls a few days before my birthday, and the most recent one, as regular readers of this blog know, was number 76.

March 20, 2009

1.

equinox

violets all over

my neighbor's lawn

2.

equinox

snow falling

on violets

Both true.

summer night

summer night

the ambulance

pulses red

This is obviously out of season, at least in the northern hemisphere. It was written for a kukai in which "color" was the assigned theme. "snow crust," which I posted recently, was written for the same kukai.

autumn rain

autumn rain

she lights her cigarette

from his

[First published in The Heron's Nest]

March 6, 2009

Here's one I just posted at Andrew's blog, in response to one of his. In posting it here, I've added the word "first" to line 1.

first signs of spring . . .

the hours I've spent inside

myself

March 1, 2009

nor'easter

I turn the calendar's page

toward spring

resource

I've just added a link to a new site called simply "Haiku" (click on HAIKU under "other good sites"). Primarily a registry, it includes links to over 450 haiku and haiku-related blogs, as well as to sites and blogs focusing on other interests.

Use it by all means. But I do hope you'll still drop in here from time to time.

sigh

the long sigh

of a pregnant girl

December wind

[First published in The Heron's Nest]