der Fink 

dessen Sprache ich letztes Jahr lernte 

nicht zurückgekehrt

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the finch

whose language I learnt last year

hasn't returned

Chrysanthemum

never-ending night
when wind rattles

at my windows

restless like he knows

how long I've been waiting

failed haiku

midsummer

the ripe raspberries

unpicked

Haiku Dialogue

into the thick of war 

the children 

we were longing for

*****

mitten in den Krieg

die Kinder

nach denen wir uns sehnten

Femkumag

sycamore tree –

I’m sitting in the shade

of my forefathers

*****

Bergahorn –

ich sitze im Schatten

meiner Vorfahren

Asahi Haikuist Network

Pusteblume

den Atem anhalten

für eine Weile

*****

blowball

holding my breath

for a while

Haiku heute

I don’t really remember the day, but suddenly there where two opinions about saving human lives …

shipwrecked

a seagull quarrels

with the silence

the other bunny