red moon sirens
her old dog teaches
the young one to howl
____________
box lunch
I’m not giving any
secrets away
____________
inspired by
the public fountain
her ballet poses
____________
late afternoon
he repairs the 6 o’clock
side of my watch band
____________
shell fragments
where can I find
my mother now?
her old dog teaches
the young one to howl
____________
box lunch
I’m not giving any
secrets away
____________
inspired by
the public fountain
her ballet poses
____________
late afternoon
he repairs the 6 o’clock
side of my watch band
____________
shell fragments
where can I find
my mother now?
____________
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.
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ReplyDeleteFive very good Haiku Robert.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Yancy
A delightful string of Haiku, Robert, especially the first three. Regards // paul
ReplyDeleteDear Robert,
ReplyDeleteThe Asian forms always challenge my thinking--thank you for doing so again through these fine haiku.
Michael