Ice cream truck

ice cream truck —

they abandon their castle

to the tide

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Published in Frogpond: The Journal of the Haiku Society of America, May 2020.

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Nothing but a dumpster

nothing but a dumpster

and that brilliant azalea

blooming beside it

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Three in French

lentement
du jour au crépuscule . . .
la fragrance des lilas

slowly
day to dusk . . .
fragrance of lilacs

rien qu’une benne à ordures
et cette azalée radieuse
s’épanouissant à côté

nothing but a dumpster
and that brilliant azalea
blooming beside it

la camionnette de crème glacée —
ils abandonnent leur château
à la marée

ice cream truck —
they abandon their castle
to the tide

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Published in the French/English haiku database Temps Libres (http://tempslibres.org/tl/tlphp/dbhk01.php?auteur=wate-b&lg=e), May 2020. Translation by Serge Tomé.

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Saffron smudges

saffron smudges

in the evening sky . . .

birdsong

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