where the river

combines with the sea

empty birds nest

Desert Rain

Desert Rain: Haiku Nook: An Anthology is an international anthology dedicated to haiku poet Metra (Martha) Magenta (March 13, 1949—January 14, 2020) and to the 600+ million people who don’t have access to clean water

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All book proceeds are donated to ActionAid, The Hunger Project, and Water.org 

outbreak of war

and yet

the blue flower

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Kriegsausbruch

und doch

die blaue Blume

Haiku Dialogue

rejection mail

I unscrew

my new ballpen

failed haiku

den falschen Weg genommen

und am Ende

die rote Blüte

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taken the wrong path

and now

this red blossom

Haiku heute

woodland burial

the pettiness

of green foliage

Haiku Dialogue

 blood-sodden fields the truth about last year's seeds

Proletaria Chapbook

late snow ...

a couple of street kids

playing war

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später Schnee ...

ein paar Straßenkinder

spielen Krieg

Asahi Haikuist Network

im Klostergarten

eine Rose

gegen den Himmel

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in the abbey garden

a rose

against the sky

Sommergras