Sunday, March 22, 2015

Haiku--By Robert Epstein--United States

through the night
and into New Year’s
their baby talk
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winter
fog
how
old
the
new
car
looks
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bedridden
my niece wants her own
Milky Way
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January wind
listening for
cherry blossoms
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not a peep
from the cricket hopping
through my bedroom
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Robert Epstein is a licensed psychologist who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has edited several anthologies: The Breath of Surrender: A Collection of Recovery-Oriented Haiku; Dreams Wander On: Contemporary Poems of Death Awareness; and The Temple Bell Stops: Contemporary Poems of Grief, Loss and Change; as well as two books of haiku: Checkout Time is Noon: Death Awareness Haiku; and A Walk Around Spring Lake: Haiku.  His most current anthology, The Sacred in Contemporary Haiku, was released in 2014.

6 comments:

  1. Very clever and well written. had to read the first one twice before I got it. well done. best wishes. Pete.

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  2. Yes, I agree, very clever juxtaposition and message within.... superb! Sheri

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  3. These are excellent, I really enjoyed them all!

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  4. love these haiku Peter. I'll be looking for your anthology...
    Maureen

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  5. Enjoyed the cricket! Marvellous! Ralph.

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  6. Peter once again you share such well written Haiku. I loved them all. Thank you for sharing your talent.
    Charlene

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