rainbow ...                                                                    bright sunny day --

an earthworm arching                                                   lifting his leg, a dog marks

up the slope                                                                 the snow Buddha

                                               ***

                                     the squeak of a gate

                                     then, the sound of steps

                                     receding into the dark ...

                                     a sumi-e wind blows

                                             through painted pines 

                                                             ***

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(Published in the Moonset, The Newspaper, v.III issue 2 (Autumn/Winter 2007), in Selected Haiku, and Selected Tanka sections).

Comments

[Petar Tchouhov]

Wow! Reading this was the best way to start the day. Thank you, Olga!

[Origa]

Thanks, Petar! Glad it gave you a smile :) You should submit your poems to Moonset next time, too!

[eric]

good stuff, this. :)

[Origa]

Thanks, Eric! You go ahead and submit, too! The circualtion of this newspaper is 1.000! :) Aurora's one of the artists there too, and her haiga are in this issue! (maybe she will choose to show it...)

[janet lynn davis]

I like all of these...how bright! I must admit I particularly like the lines about the dog.

[david giacalone]

rainbows, and snow buddhas and sumi-e winds. who could ask for more? thanks, Olga.

[aurora]

All excellent, with wonderful colour and imagery!

[Origa]

Thank you, Janet! Glad you like the dog -- I do too :) It was a second try to submit this haiku -- probably not everyone like dogs :))))

[Origa]

Thanks, David! I agree: deep inside, we need very little to feel happy ... :)

[Origa]

Thank you, Aurora! Glad you enjoy :)