barefoot

 

barefoot
the rain dances
in uncut grass

first published in Presence, August 2020

unbutton your navel sultry afternoon

first published in Bones, July 2020

sightseeing a fifth church without a god

first published in Bones, July 2020

 

the spring wind

the spring wind

stroking my head

over mum’s grave

first published in Polish in Papierowy Żuraw, April 2020

an old man

frozen beside the fountain

August heat

first published in Polish in Papierowy Żuraw, April 2020

global warming

a fly in the amber

moves its wings

first published in Polish in Przekrój, June 2020

April sunshine

April sunshine

mother buried underground

liked sunbathing

first published in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, June 2020

this is where

I come to be

rye fields in June

first published in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, June 2020

a Slavic shrine

forgotten gods

pray to me

song thrush chicks

song thrush chicks

singing the new world

a prima vista

I agree

to cookies

Sunday afternoon

first published in Frogpond, spring/summer 2020

a mask imprint

on her tired face

spring breeze

The Haiku Foundation Kukai – Honorable Mention, April 2020

waking up

waking up

among apple blossoms

Gregor Samsa

spring shower

her pubic mound smells

of a wet meadow

young summer

she parts her lips

to say hello

silence at dusk

silence at dusk

a heron’s cry bounces off

the mirror of water

first published in Cattails, April 2020

candlelit dinner

the liver spots

on her hands

first published in Cattails, April 2020

tourists in Luxor

the scent of the body balm

from an old lady

first published in Cattails, April 2020

spring morning

spring morning

the blind cat

is all ears

first published in Chrysanthemum, April 2020

floodwaters

geese swimming

from shop to shop

first published in Chrysanthemum, April 2020

departing autumn

a rearward-facing seat

by the train window

first published in Acorn, April 2020