Haiku: Love Carved on to the Soul

March 11, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Outstretched feeble hands, the mournful tree—sighed, my evergreen love.

Haiku: Alone in Sweden

February 22, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

In solitude
Self-love can manifest as
Stockholm syndrome

Haiku: The Long Road Ahead

January 23, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A bald eagle returning to a nest with the sea in the background

Weary traveller
returning to nest—at last!
hope flourished anew

Haiku: Frozen in Sympathy

January 9, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Skating on thin ice
snow balanced on treetops—snap!
synchronised fractures

Haiku: Tomorrow’s Love

October 19, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sycamore saplingbark obscures future love noteswords carved from heartwood

Haiku: Broken Flowers

October 12, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Neglected flowerbruised petals, its stem snappedlove dyed in black

Haibun: Love to Sin

October 9, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

As night turns to day—a tryst becomes a stay. Clothes strewn across the floor, a breadcrumb trail for Lust to find her way. Sunlight beams through the window and into two lovers’ hearts. A stirring of bodies, a hand glides over another. The electricity of the night before sparks like flint against steel and radiates […]