beats 'n' bites! - 6 haikus by Herman Van Rompuy

HERMAN VAN ROMPUY*
  6 haikus

On the seasons

In a nearby ditch

toads mating passionately

inaugurate spring.

A moment of reflection

Birds in concert,

one sings above all others.

I don't know its name.

Mother

Are you mute forever?

Are flesh and blood extinct?

I will be your grave.

Water

Puddles wait

for warmth to evaporate.

Water becomes a cloud.

Light
Light on the sea is

brighter than on land.

Heaven is breathing.

Time
Life is sailing

on the sea of time but

only the sea remains.



Εικόνα:
A Portrait of Herman as a High-flown Haiku Poet
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