thoughts of leaving
is it just a new corner

thoughts of leaving
is it just another turn

hints of change
first bout of allergies
champagnes grapes in markets

starlit night
the boy's feet even smaller
in his father's shoes

falling asleep
the scent of baby lotion
fills my dreams

sudden wind
falling leaves meet
in one corner


Berry Blue Haiku,Issue 2,September,2010

rise and fall of

autumn wind, my breath

interwoven

the road curves

into yesterday, whispers

of falling leaves

everywhere the twilight

zendo bell

fading into stillness

sweeping the snow
in old boots -
my cramped feet


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balayant la neige
dans de vieilles bottines -
mes pieds à l'étroit

in the hollows
a pond cradled
in ice and snow

Sun's child
left on Earth
to warm every season

the patterns of frost-
black-headed gulls squabble
over a rooftop
.

sitting at the stop light-
tree fills with black birds
and empties again

I walk into thick fog
and bring out a poem

to the nest
in a race with the rain
a young squirrel

at twilight
fields of blue snow -
glowing

Photo Cold Winter Landscape by D Reichardt

not yet winter...
the barn owl rehearses
a snowfall lament
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..circa Dec. 5, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..mostly channeled; spirit Ram
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rook chatter
tracking each snowflake

to the end

Asahi Shimbun (2010)
,

bare,
these trees; still pointing
still leading
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..circa Nov. 28, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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half-opened window -
some snowflakes
in the cage of mice


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fenêtre entrouverte -
quelques flocons blancs
dans la cage des souris