Haiku
Simply Said
Goran Poletan
The breeze, a rogue,
caresses all the roses
– they blush.
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A hawk catches
a white dove – it devours
the symbol of peace.
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A summer shower
forces all the people to run
– not a drunk old man.
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Between two women,
a child chooses the uglier
– its mother.
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Motionless, as
scattered stones
– sheep in a field.
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On the red sand,
just a lizard is defiant
to the sun.
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As days are getting shorter,
the cricket sings tirelessly
– knowing it won’t last.
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A stranger hurries by,
with a plastic bag in his hand
– a pendulum in motion.
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On the street – people
meet and depart from each other,
unwillingly.
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Under the moonlight,
a spider heads off to a feast
– so does a lizard.
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The hoot of an owl,
and the forest once again
falls into silence.
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Like an old granny,
using a stick for support,
– an old hut.
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Toothless
from old age and birds
– a sunflower.
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A man and a dog
on a morning walk,
lost in thought.
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Running away from
the wind, a leaf finds shelter
in a shallow ditch.
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The midday sun
– and the clanking sound of hoes
over a dry soil.
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The sky spilled
countless mirrors over the road
– birds drink them with joy.
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A flood. The river
steals several pumpkins and
escapes with them.
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The river gives
an empty bottle to the shore
and takes it back.
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The river rocks
someone’s lost doll, trying
to comfort it.
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Mosquitoes look
forward to the sunset – no one
looks forward to them.
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The birds have eaten
all the cherries – the stems
remain for my tea.
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During an evening walk
I frightened a sleeping dog
– it frightened me too.
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On an empty meadow,
a large rock and I – each with
a shadow.
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The river current
carries everything away, except
ducks and willow branches.
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For a while,
I walked with a river,
then we parted.
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A lifeless tree
in an empty field
– a raven starts its flight.
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A drunk man is
talking – his horse is nodding
in agreement.
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At the door step
– grandpa shakes off snow
from the Christmas tree.
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The New Year
– I look at new post cards
from old friends.
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Saturday evening.
A fire engine speeds
along a frozen road.
∞
On the hot coals
bursts a burnt chestnut
– the old man sighs.
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A granny is knitting a scarf
– the kitten is picking at the
wool from the box.
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With a lifted ear,
the dog listens to the old man
softly singing.
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The smell of roasted
meat from the kitchen
lures a kitten.
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The cracked soil
is tilled by the farmer, and once
again by the birds.
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The farmer is talking,
patiently chasing off flies
from his face.
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A burnt meadow
– the crow lands into
the morning silence.
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A midday haze
– the sheep shimmer
at the end of the farm.
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Above young crops,
the wind sways crows on
the power cables.
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The sunset.
The shadow of an ant hill falls
into the cracked soil.
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A desert wind
loudly opens and shuts
the attic door.
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On a plastic table
– children and wasps share
a large watermelon.
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The holidays
– no one is picking ripe cherries
from the schoolyard.
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An abandoned farm
– ripe blackberries hang
on a rusting fence.
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The old grandfather clock
chimes to announce midnight
– the cricket is chirping.
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Shepherds call
each other from the stony hills
– the valley echoes.
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A dog suddenly barked
– a scared kangaroo jumps
over the fence.
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An Autumn breeze
swings dry leaves, attached
to a spider’s web.
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The midday heat
– a boy stripped to the waist
drives the oxen and flies.
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The desert wind
– from a metal pipe emerges
a strange sound.
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The first large rain drops
landing on the hot concrete,
speed up the ants.
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My uncle quarters
a fresh tomato, salts it
and eats it with joy.
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As midnight passes,
the ticking of the clock
gets louder by the minute.
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The road slowly
disappears into the fog
– shortly I shall too.
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A toothless farmer
is tapping his fat pig
– with great satisfaction.
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A fly in my glass
– bad luck for
both of us.
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A chainsaw
cuts into an old tree, and into
the forest silence.
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I’m watching a friend
on his deathbed – a
friendship is dying.
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Between the human
feet ants are dragging out
their injured friend.