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Print January 2008 (No. 703)
still frosty eve …
how motionless across the bay
shimmering moonlight
how motionless across the bay
shimmering moonlight
Bruce Ross
Hampden, ME, USA
Hampden, ME, USA
the monastery
she replaces "now and then"
with "here and now"
she replaces "now and then"
with "here and now"
jerry ball
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
1 a.m.
the light in an office
on the 33rd floor
the light in an office
on the 33rd floor
ed markowski
Auburn Hills, MI, USA
Auburn Hills, MI, USA
whistling
the wind turns a snowy
merry-go-round
the wind turns a snowy
merry-go-round
bozena zernec
Croatia
Croatia
cold night
her white breath
ebbs and flows
her white breath
ebbs and flows
Jacek Margolak
Kierce, Poland
Kierce, Poland
early night enters
closing harvest's yellow glow
for the winter moon
closing harvest's yellow glow
for the winter moon
Charlie Davis
Winterset, IA, USA
Winterset, IA, USA
no verdict
the carpenter's hand
melts windowfrost
the carpenter's hand
melts windowfrost
Peggy Willis Lyles
Tucker, GA, USA
Tucker, GA, USA
spring flu --
a dream of swimming
up through new mud
a dream of swimming
up through new mud
Jim Kacian
Winchester, VA, USA
Winchester, VA, USA
frozen harbor
slowly crawls the jetty into
the open sea
slowly crawls the jetty into
the open sea
Wolfgang Beutke
Barum, Germany
Barum, Germany
crowded museum
in front of me
knitted cap moves along
in front of me
knitted cap moves along
Fukuko Nozaki
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
untouched snow
the distant bell
very near
the distant bell
very near
Hubertus Thum
Barsinghausen, Germany
Barsinghausen, Germany
How light the burden
of long shadows on the way --
the leaves keep falling
of long shadows on the way --
the leaves keep falling
Jean-Claude Lin
Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany
Softly falling rain
Sunbeams through the clouds
Heaven come to earth
Sunbeams through the clouds
Heaven come to earth
Ronald D. Drynan, Sr.
Chicago, IL, USA
Chicago, IL, USA
now ice-covered
trapping a hundred moons --
paperwasp's hive
trapping a hundred moons --
paperwasp's hive
Geraldine Clinton Little (1924-97)
(From Cor van den Heuvel (ed.) "The
Haiku Anthology, 2nd," Simon &
Schuster, USA)
(From Cor van den Heuvel (ed.) "The
Haiku Anthology, 2nd," Simon &
Schuster, USA)
muroujino zazousamaokao hatsuakari
New Year sunlight on
the face of Seated Buddha
Murouji Temple*
the face of Seated Buddha
Murouji Temple*
*Murouji: in Nara, Western Japan
Isamu Hashimoto (1941- )
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
