classroom

slum classroom

a child at the globe

looking for home

Posted as a comment at John McDonald's blog.

b & b

b & b

I rehearse

my small talk

behind

seen from behind

it doesn't look like much

the peacock's tail

Posted as a comment at Juliet's blog. The peacock sighting occurred at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Arcadia, California. You can also occasionally encounter a peacock out for a stroll around town. They are one of the town's chief attractions (well, there is the Santa Anita racetrack), but I've heard that some more recently arrived residents want to get rid of them.

fathers' day

"don't tell me

how to raise my son"

says my son

frosty

In a recent comment, Angelika mentions Robert Frost as one of her favorite American poets.  Here are a couple of ku that incorporate Frost allusions. The first, I wrote a while ago. The second was posted as a comment at Gillena's blog just the other day, in response to one of hers that referred to jazz.

snowy evening

the road less traveled

doesn't love a wall

midnight blue

a little Miles to go

before I sleep

And one that was published in A Hundred Gourds:

passing by woods

on a snowy evening

my unkept promises

seeds

my grandchildren

blowing dandelion seeds

I make a wish

Posted as a comment at Iris's blog

At Devika's blog

At Devika Jyothi's blog, I find this, by Emily Dickinson

to see the summer sky

is poetry, though never in a book it lie –

true poems flee

which, to me, is extraordinarily beautiful, as well as an eloquent – though not intended – statement of the essence of haiku. Thank you, Devika.

And thank you, again and always, Emily.

Note: In the original post, I inadvertently omitted the word "summer," an error pointed out to me by Devika in a comment that, for reasons I do not understand has not yet appeared at the blog. Thanks again, Devika.

almost

almost spring
her pink scarf taken
by the wind

quasi primavera
la sua sciarpa rosa
presa dal vento

bientôt le printemps
son écharpe rose prise
par le vent

Published at Tempslibre. Italian translation by Moussia Fantoli. French translation by Serge Tome.