Traditional Haiku (5-7-5)
by cristina-monica-moldoveanu
daydreaming alone -
Lady's Bedstraw golden buds
under my pillow
*powerful hailstorm -
under the casino's eaves
the homeless man sleeps*
**sleeping baby boy -
his mom places in the pram
a lavender thread**
grandma's funeral -
I stumble over the roots
of an old oak tree
*tall rose at the gate -
grandma's gray mohair shawl
the same every year*
**quiet afternoon -
grandpa tells his dying wife
about the new pups**
brimming hay wagon -
on the end of the wood pole
a blue butterfly
*Forty Martyrs Day -
a child on a bike circles
the street crucifix*
**deserted station -
wild blackberries rimed in blue
through the barbed wire**
still summer morning -
wiping off a dove's claw prints
from my windowsill
*Forty Martyrs Day –
a little girl kneels once more
to watch snowdrops grow*