Friday, September 23, 2016

Haiku--By Robert Epstein--United States

Indian summer
still in sneakers
that refuse to die
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Mom’s 90th
I wish upon 
a four-leaf clover
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May sunset
her little red wagon
circles the block
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62 now 
more clocks
than rooms
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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.

3 comments:

  1. More clocks than rooms. Love these pieces. Thanks for sharing. Ralph

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  2. Lovely collectin Robert, thanks for sharing!

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  3. Very enjoyable, Robert.
    Wishing on that four leaf clover too. A ninety-year old mother.
    Such a gift.

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