Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Haiku--By Robert Epstein--United States

red moon sirens
her old dog teaches
the young one to howl
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box lunch
I’m not giving any
secrets away
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inspired by
the public fountain
her ballet poses
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late afternoon
he repairs the 6 o’clock
side of my watch band
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shell fragments
where can I find
my mother now?
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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:

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  2. Five very good Haiku Robert.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Yancy

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  3. A delightful string of Haiku, Robert, especially the first three. Regards // paul

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  4. Dear Robert,
    The Asian forms always challenge my thinking--thank you for doing so again through these fine haiku.
    Michael

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