Haiku selected by Carlos
Fleitas
Uruguay
| Timothy
Cullen Odonojú, Sevilla, España |
Cinta de
niebla—
Mientras corre el río
Desenredándose
Ribbon of
mist—
As the river runs
Unravelling
Plenilunio
Ranas me croan nanas
¿O a la luna?
Frogs—
crooning lullabies to me
or the moon?
Ciruelo ¡ya!
Bufanda en mano
Te pillé floreciendo
Plum tree: Aha!
Muffler in hand, I caught you
flowering.
Musgo y fuentes
Tortuga despistada—
Claustro sombroso
Moss and fountains
Tortoise who's lost his way—
Shadowed cloister
capullitos prometen
bougainvillias
de mañana
bud's promise
bougainvilleas
for tomorrow
explosion
sobre verde—
rosa flor primaveral
burst out
from the green— pink
blossom of spring