Neo-Classical Haiku 3

WHR Spring 2023

Neo-Classical Haiku, page 3

sunless winter
missing warmth
in his words

Vipanjeet Kaur

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barely spring
rotten apples in the garden
where snowdrops grow

Nadejda Kostadinova

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war induced blackouts
countless flickering candles—
Christmas in Ukraine

Priscilla H. Lignori

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warriors trekking
to the next struggle
crushed crocuses

Heather Lurie

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under the lilac
scented raindrops falling on
our noses

Urszula Marciniak

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first crocuses
Monopoly
back in its box

Scott Mason

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unrelenting spring
war poetry in the streets…
nineteen sixty-eight

David McMurray

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sky blue
forest floor
I pick a bluebell

Wilda Morris

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Cherry blossoms fall,
War drums beat in the distance,
Peace a distant dream.

Mantripragada Yaswanth Bhanu Murthy

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Kharkiv rubble
half a butterfly
still trying to fly

Orense Nicod

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morning coffee
a lady bug feasting on
petunia pot

Franjo Ordanić

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first day of spring
the sweet smell
of a newborn

Sasha A. Palmer

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Winter frost stings
in this cold new country
birds fly mourning towards home

Maya Pressnall

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cyclone, dripping tap
broken water pipe
and dreams of drought

Jenny Pyatt

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still graceful . . .
falling cherry blossoms
on ailing world’s soil

Milan Rajkumar

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daggers hang from eaves
in winter’s wonderland–
icy menace

Sondra Rosenberg

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Frost-hard gardens
once thought lost now start to thaw:
new roots shoot up unharmed

Tim Scott

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winter sunrise
inside my socks
growing toenails

Richa Sharma

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early spring
young girls talking
non-stop

Adelaide B. Shaw

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war-torn village
the blush of the rose hips
after first snow

Tomislav Sjekloća

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harvesting the fields
of Gettysburg
this red earth

Joshua St. Claire

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On a morning walk,
I am awed by a pearl of life:
dew-drop on a leaf.

Charles Alfred Tatahu

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I almost forgot
how dew drops glisten…
long wailing siren

Diana Teneva

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greening grass—
even the neighbor checks out
the death cap

Richard Tice

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