stones know
how to move or stay still,
to let time curve
their sharp edges
.
I can see the mermaid on this stone!
stones know
Tag Archives: micropoetry
her eyes widen…
her eyes widen…
the hollow gourd’s
glow
Happy Halloween!
cactus flowers
‘espresso maker’ 35/100 #haikufeltings
rainy Sunday
the espresso maker babbles
and spurts
‘humility’ 28/100 #haikufeltings
humility –
the descending path
to the sea
‘Day of Ashes’ #haikufeltings 6/100
Day of Ashes
the tense muscle
relaxes
‘felt flowers’
felt flowers —
searching for my
inner child
‘Felt flowers’ is wet-felted twice, dimensions: 22 x 27 cm
‘allure’
that age-long allure
of reflections…
Narcissus
‘that simple’
chaos theory
I tell him it’s not
that simple
Tintern Abbey
‘pen and paper’ 86/100 #100daysnewthings
pen and paper
my entrance to another
world
86/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
‘gravity’ 76/100 #100daysnewthings
gravity
what does it mean
to be human
Photo of model skeletons in the Physiotherapy Practice I visit.
76/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
‘clipped wings’ 40/100 #100daysnewthings
clipped wings…
letting go, letting go
letting go
40/100 The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
‘blooming’ 39/100 #100daysnewthings
blooming—
how each day
counts
39/100 The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
‘slipped disc’ 35/100 #100daysnewthings
slipped disc…
yet another nail
in my spine
35/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
‘unfurling fronds’ translated into Chinese
unfurling fronds
my digital legacy
in the cloud
Gratitude! Originally included in Robert Epstein’s Beyond The Grave: Contemporary Afterlife Haiku, 2015, this haiku
has been translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 and included in Butterfly Dream!
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
展開的蕨葉
存儲在雲端平台中
我的數位遺產
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
展开的蕨叶
存储在云端平台中
我的数位遗产
‘meadow walk’ 30/100, #100daysnewthings
meadow walk—
where shadows cross
the stream
30/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
From my walk through the Schmutter meadows in Neusaess.
‘animal shelter’ 29/100 #100daysnewthings
animal shelter
the robot dog keeps lifting
its leg
29/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
‘Labour Day’ 27/100, #100daysnewthings
by the sweat
of their brow—
Labour Day
27/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
‘Book of Genesis’ 13/100 #100daysnewthings
next to
the Book of Genesis…
The Descent of Man
13/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings
Statue of a Satyr in the garden of the Residenz, Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
‘olive branch’
olive branch
to where olives
grow
‘points of view’
points of view—
as the sun moves across
the sky
‘fragile beauty’
‘swelling buds’
‘on the road’
on the road—
the wounded deer’s
panting
‘how to be’
how to be…
eating the prickly pear
blossoms
‘machine song’
machine song
the plug-in maker’s
baritone voice
.
#scifaiku #sciencepoetry
‘marmelada’
marmelada
my tongue savours
the word
.
Prompt: marmalade
‘how light’
how light the weight of the skies
‘not alone’
not alone hunting for evidence
The photo for this haiga was taken in Diessen am Ammersee, December 2014.
Stella Pierides 