Erntemond –

eine streunende Katze

sucht den Futternapf

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harvest moon

a stray cat

scrounging for food

Haiku-Kalender 2019

back home —

the widespread arms

of a scarecrow

cattails

This haiku captures the moment of return to one’s home. Oh, to have widespread arms to

welcome one back! The joy of that image quickly turns in the last line to one of pathos. Instead

of the arms of a loved one, here are the arms of a scarecrow. This decidedly autumn haiku

leaves us with a tinge of loss or perhaps, some longing. Isn’t there anyone else to welcome the

poet back home? On another level, in many countries where the crop is scarce (and so are

resources), the scarecrow is an important part of the farm. To come back to the reassuring form

of the duty-bound scarecrow in a farm, may not be a bad thing at all!

Geethanjali Rajan

Haiku Editor

im Nebel verborgen

nur einen Steinwurf

von meinem Haus entfernt

der verwilderte Weg

den ich nie gegangen bin

Einunddreißig

Spätsommerhitze –

die zerzauste Amsel

verliert ihre Scheu

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late summer heat –

the ruffled blackbird

loses its shyness

Haiku heute

beach workout

the narrow-shouldered boy

pees into the sea

Haikuniverse

falling leaves...

a toddler shows me

his smile

The Heron's Nest