Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Shir Haberman & Judy Robinson: Wednesday Haiku, #124

 Snow at Tsukishima by Hasui



snowflake world
never the same
twice

Shir Haberman




 Photo by H. Koppdelaney





even lovers
own nothing
but the moment

Judy Robinson





Photo by Cuatrok77

 





the kitten holds it down
just a moment...
fallen leaf
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue




best,
Don   

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4 comments:

Rehn said...

Both poems are wonderful by Judy's poem really struck me--although I hate to use a violent image. I love the idea of owning nothing but the moment. This seems antithetical to our usual idea of lovers--they always have each other. Thank you for the poem.

Rehn

Jonathan Kranz said...

Brown truck and driver
stops, leaves Past All Traps for me.
Gratitude traps me.

Issa's Untidy Hut said...

Rehn:

Cheers ... so glad you enjoyed the poems. Judy's is powerful in its very brevity.

best,
Don

Issa's Untidy Hut said...

Jonathan ...

Hopefully you'll find the escape hatch within ...

Don