haiku

spring rain 

cigarette butts 

next to the drain 

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku  senryu 

it's spring

cars get bigger 

grow overnight

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

antagonists

vacuum cleaners

and spring birds

(AW, Feb 2025)

Big Air Package in Oberhausen (2013), Christo; photo: Martin G. Wienert

 

 

 

poem

it's election day

the preachers 

on the internet

with last-minute offers

shimmering snakes

poisonous one 

avoid to near them

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

poem

last day before

the election

a nervous man

a nervous dog

a tangled leash

no augury

of course

no birds in sight

to read the signs

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

maybe

spring birds want

to encourage us

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku  senryu

kitchen thoughts

the pointed cabbage

now thin strips

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

counting to 8

in the dirty 

elevator

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

poem

increased traffic

the rhythm

of a K-pop song

a police helicopter

would like to know why

would like to know

a lot more

why is there war again 

in Europe

things like that

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

trees cut down

the wild garden gone

drug addicts meet elsewhere

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

poem

long ago 

the thought

that fern seeds

make you

invisible

if you have

checked it

please tell me

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku 

winter 

turns up his collar

and stays

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

winter blooms 

the monotony is 

defeated

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

poem

near the theatre

an old gentleman

gets into a taxi

two office windows

are wide open

it's cold today

and a viewer

would like to know

wether the heating

is on or off

(AW, Feb 2025)

haiku

poor air quality

cars in a row and a crow 

on the arch bridge

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku 

some snowflakes

not welcomed 

not missed

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

an EV 

is charging - 

a bird in flight

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

the city's decline

and the force of

the daffodils

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku      senryu

the bronze ear

even a whisper

reach it

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku       senryu

pedestrian zone

those with paper bags

look unhappy too

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

people do things

and the magpies try

to be louder

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

winter day

people with sunglasses

people with smiles

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku  senryu   

in turbulent times

the focus on layers of

chocolate sponge

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku

another cold day

some sleepy cars

a single runner 

(AW, Feb 2025)

 

haiku 

day 1 month no. 2

butter on the bread roll

hoarfrost on cars

(AW, Feb 2025)