meandering river

ribbons in her hair

mimic the wind

 

The Mainichi

chemo center door
she strokes the sunlight
in her wig

Akitsu Quarterly

Winter 2015

 chess match
another leaf falls
in slow motion

***

Mirror Labyrinth 

Shisan

campfire gathering -                                    Maria
constellations of stars and
fresh mole holes


lights jumping on                                       Gabriel
the old pond surface


one more brush touch                                 Maria
to overinked leaves
of sumi-e bamboo


her panda eyes wearing                              Gabriel
yesterday's make-up


in mirror labyrinth                                        Maria
from every side
my different ego


dusted porcelain dolls                                 Maria
at the tea table


gentle smell                                              Gabriel
of roasted chestnuts
all the way home


her dried lips in                                         Gabriel
indian summer redness


rolling eyes                                                Maria
she turns the Kamasutra
upside down


the hourglass that                                      Gabriel
s o m e t i m e s slows down


on an ancient battlefield                               Maria
silent snow covering
the fennel skeletons


one last ride                                               Gabriel
on the Devil's Mill



Maria Tomczak, Opole, Poland
Gabriel Sawicki, Wroclaw, Poland

Frogpond 38.3

 Fall 2015

indian summer
I pick out the colours
from a spice stall

A Hundred Gourds, 3:4, September 2014


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

秋老虎
從香料攤位我挑出來
的多種顏色

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

秋老虎
从香料摊位我挑出来
的多种颜色

translated by Chen-ou Liu
NeverEnding Story

skylark song
my sumi-e cherry branch
starts to blossom

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2015 

wyróżnienie

A Bowl of Cherries
Composed On-Line At The Haiku Foundation
June – November 2015



a bowl of cherries
sitting on each white plate
someone’s name
~Lynne Rees


under a canvas tent
the snap of a breeze
~Barbara Kaufmann


passersby stop
to applaud a subway
saxophone player
~Karen Cesar


sweet reminiscences
of our bygone days
~Barbara A. Taylor


yet again
the moon lights the loggerhead
as she digs
~Paul MacNeil


with the twittering
morning mist clears away
~Maria Tomczak

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from the mountain top
Puyallup natives trace
their lands below
~Carmen Sterba


who left the doors open
to Valhalla?
~Polona Oblak


rusty roofing iron
repurposed
as a letterbox
~Sandra Simpson


#smitten #diamond #yes
#winterwedding
~Christopher Patchel


at the Marquise
a clandestine romp
in neon flicker
~Judt Shrode


his better half chambers
another round just because
~Betty Shropshire


after a while
the life boat for refugees
hardly floating
~Vasile Moldovan


the first pawlonia leaf
to touch the soil
~Maureen Virchau


how the setting moon
fills the garden
with darkness!
~Gabriel Sawicki


I stagger through cricket songs
impaired by Gandalf Grog
~Patrick Sweeney

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all the children
mark off their days
with chunky crayons
~Beth McFarland


jackets warming
by the wood burning stove
~Joel


a peal of bells
from across town
announces early Mass
~Marion Clarke


the border collie
herds freshly shorn ewes
~Agnes Eva Savich


fools
always find a perfect one:
apple blossom
~Todd Treloar-Rhodes


on the count of three
we let the kite go
~Liz Ann Winkler

Cold Moon
she pulls silver hair
out of the brush

Modern Haiku

46:3 Autumn 2015

WHA Haiga Contest (11/2015)

riptide

the lingering silence

after diagnosis

The Mainichi

rozłożony pawi ogon

wdowa przymierza

kolorową sukienkę

Prune Juice

Issue Seventeen: November, 2015