Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Haiku--By Robert Epstein--United States

the neighbor’s kid
leaning in
the gnome’s advice
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winter crows
they can’t mean
what they say
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early spring day
my niece wants to know
what carpenter ants build
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worry stone
I add a pinch
of paprika
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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.

4 comments:

  1. Hello Robert. I enjoyed all your haiku, especially the second one. Thank you for sharing and continued blessings!

    -MJ (www.tgbtgpublictions.com)

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  2. These are wonderrful Roert, thanks for sharing them with us!

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  3. Robert,
    I liked all of these, especially the first and third one.
    Your friend,
    David Fox

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  4. I like all the creations shared by you, specially the third one.
    thanks friend Robert for sharing.

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