Haiku 02 – Masaoki Shiki

the tree cut,
dawn breaks early
at my little window 

 

Haiku 01 – Masaoki Shiki

In the coolness
of the empty sixth-month sky…
the cuckoo’s cry. 

Stormy Weather – Allen Steble

The storm rolls over
Tormenting the earth below
Showering relief

Landscape – Paul Celan

tall poplars — human beings of this earth!
black pounds of happiness — you mirror them to death!

I saw you, sister, stand in that effulgence.

Poem – Self-Pity

I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

 

Poem – Funeral

men in black,
women also.
I’ve seen them a couple of times
since I was a kid,
and some more
till I die.

Where Without Whom – Octavio Paz

There is not
A single soul among the trees
And I
Don’t know where I’ve gone.