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A Tribute of Haiku

 

Haiku 1: WHC Tributes

 

my fingers numb and heavy
typing farewell to friend's soul
under cherry blossom

Susumu Takiguchi -- Oxford, England

 

deleting his name
from my email address book
tears fall on keys

Gerald England, Hyde, Cheshire, UK

 

sunlight
slips through our fingers
butterfly

Peggy Lyles -- Georgia, USA

 

our friend has gone --
on new fallen snow
a butterfly

Elizabeth St Jacques -- Canada

 

one petal
floating on the gentle breeze
that freed it

naia -- California, USA

 

a petal falls -
all I can think of
is what he would write

Rob Scott -- The Hague, The Netherlands

 

ashes on the wind
landing over gardens
more flowers will grow

Rosa Clement -- Brazil

 

A fascinating
Fritillary, more alive
Than any of us.

Daniel Gallimore, Oxford, England

 

London Town
a man and his wife searching
for sparrows

paul t conneally, Loughborough, UK

 

a break in the clouds -
the wind and the heron
together take flight

hortensia anderson -- New York City, USA

 

our faces lift
toward the shooting star--
jasmine on the wind

Ferris Gilli -- Florida, USA

 

how could one bear
to say last goodbyes?
fragrance of spring

Debra Woolard Bender -- Florida, USA

 

silence in the room
a yellow rose blooming
in a green bottle

Zoran Doderovic, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

 

filled with echoes
this cherry petalled garden
of the distant bird

Visnja McMaster -- Zagreb, Croatia

 

a light in the sky --
did he hear the call
of the mourning dove?

Betty Kaplan -- Florida, USA

 

no longer bound
by earthly ties
your spirit soars

Becky Bunsic (Tukiko) -- Arizona USA

 

sunrise --
luminous buds
on silent branches

Earl Keener -- West Virginia, USA

 

sharp
as the morning frost
and bright
as the April sunshine
this shared remembrance

Alison Williams -- Southampton, England

 

his empty place --
as we shuffle to close ranks,
plop! plop! April rain.

Denis Garrison -- Maryland, USA

 

The spring sun;
only one swan returns
to the pond.

Jari Sutinen -- Espoo, Finland

 

sunlight -
cherry trees in full bloom
at the opposite bank

Museki Abe -- Saitama, Japan

 

gone with the current -
no more the slow pull
of my oars upstream

goodbye John
kev ryan - charnwood uk

 

the sky comes down
to meet the mountain
at sunset

Janice Bostok -- Dungay, NSW, Australia

 

The red twilight
and a candlelight-
same world!

Sonia Coman – Constantza, Romania

 

tonight
the moon behind the mountain
glows somewhere else

Gail Goto -- Hawaii, USA

 

where moonlight has shone
the long dark road is brighter
lonely no more

soji -- Fredericksburg, VA USA

 

sitting in silence
the cry of a distant owl
fractures darkness

David Platt, UK

 

this morning
i visit your haiku again
you are not gone!

Hello, John
Owen Burkhart -- Indiana, USA

un peu de neige
sur mon clavier
ce matin ...

a little snow
on my keyboard
this morning ...

Serge Tome -- Liège, Belgium

 

beginning...ending...
no matter to the lily
blooming for a day

joyce maxner -- Pennsylvania USA

 

mountains, rivers,
lakes, the sea, flowers and wind...
your eternal poetry

Takashi Nonin, Ehime, Japan

 

as the mountains laugh
another life spent
on the haiku path

kris kondo -- Kanagawa, Japan

 

Si tot disparu !
Mon ami presque mon frere
Puisqu'aussi poete.

so soon departed!
my friend, almost my brother
since he was a poet also

Georges Friedenkraft, Paris, France
(translated by Susumu Takiguchi)

 

Já ficam mais frios
Os dias, a cada dia.
Cai mais uma folha.

Days becoming
Colder every day
One more leaf falls

Celso Pestana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

ruby sunrise
it comes and goes, still ...
I'm gonna miss you

an'ya -- Oregon, USA

Land's End
the spring tide leaves
barnacles

Paul MacNeil -- Florida, USA

 

distant bells -
a misty halo
around the moon

Carol Raisfeld -- New York, USA

furrows planted with dreams
come to light in the temple
of our sorrow

r. (robert) wilson -- California and the Philippines

sun-scalloped clouds-
his essence unites
earth and sky

Sue Mill -- Queensland, Australia

an open book
still on his desk
the vacant study

DeVar Dahl -- Alberta, Canada

 

 

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