photo: Martin G. Wienert; spring 2008





which path...
the air full of birdcalls
at the crack of dawn


Welcher Pfad...
in aller Herrgottsfrühe
die Vogelrufe


(AW, hokku/Quintet for Neonlight — a Triparshva Renku; published in Chrysanthemum, October 2007)

photo: Martin G. Wienert; leaf, February 2008



am Webstuhl -
Seidenfäden werden
Ornamente


at the loom —
silk threads become
ornaments

(AW; kasen renku: Between Corn Cockles/Zwischen Kornraden, Simply Haiku 2006)

photo: Martin G. Wienert, 2007; Kyôto, vending machine




Kalter Morgen -
ein Funkenmariechen
wartet auf den Bus


cold morning —
a carnival girl
waits for the bus

(AW)


carnival in Germany (the highlight is Rose Monday, this year on February 4th) — laughter, music and a drink or two or...the nights are long...