haiku-shelf

2012-01-16T15:03:00.003+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; pine tree (January 2012)

winter air --

this tree knows

my thoughts

(AW, January 2012)

2011-10-17T22:33:00.004+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; classic car show (2011)

autumnal sun

the vintage car is

virtually dust free

(AW, October 2011)

2011-08-02T19:18:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; A Firefly (2011)

summer night

our host opens another

bottle of wine

(AW, August 2011)

2011-07-04T10:20:00.010+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Rocket Station Hombroich near Neuss (in spring)

We have visited the Rocket Station Hombroich again (well, we love this place ...).

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Rocket Station, Garden (July 2011)

summer day

there's no one to pick

the ripe fruits

summer garden

"no bees, no honey --

no work, no money"

butterfly's flight

my voice

so soft now

(AW, July 2011)

2011-06-06T19:36:00.005+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Jesuit Church, Lucerne (Switzerland, 2011)

along the river

a farmers' market with

all colours of summer

(AW, 2011)

2011-05-25T16:54:00.004+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Lake Zurich 2011

spring sun

the swans know about

their beauty

(AW, 2011)

2011-05-24T09:48:00.003+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Enzo Enea Tree Museum (Switzerland 2011)

spring day

the open door invites

the smell

(AW, 2011)

2011-05-23T10:07:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Sachseln, Switzerland (May 2011)

morning in May

I lift up my eyes

to the mountains

(AW, May 2011)

2011-04-23T14:43:00.006+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Museum Insel Hombroich

daffodils

brought to daffodils

in the chapel

(AW, published: Asahi, 2004)

Happy Easter!

Best wishes,

Angelika

2011-02-08T21:24:00.005+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Grugapark in Essen

I remove rotten leaves

and my heart

longs for spring

(AW, 2011)

2011-01-23T16:37:00.004+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Halde Hoheward (2010)

cold morning --

just an empty road

not an empty mind

(AW, 2011)

2010-12-29T16:47:00.008+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Icicles, Baltic Sea (December 2010)

sea breeze --

the fur hat hides

my grey hair

(AW, December 2010)

2010-12-20T16:18:00.012+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, apricot blossom in our garden (spring 2010)

Dear haiku-friends,

here this year ends with a lot of snow and ice.

In my heart are the colours of spring, the birdsong.

Let us hope that 2011 will be a good year.

Let us look forward to the colours, the warmth.

Enjoy the Holidays!

Best wishes,

Angelika and family

2010-11-28T17:26:00.004+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, 2010

Whiteness!
Another year ends.
Whiteness!

(AW, 2010)

2010-11-02T09:23:00.002+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Firenze 2010

Firenze!
My joy makes me forget
the chill of autumn

(AW, October 2010)

2010-11-01T14:27:00.002+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, October 2010 Florence

Florence --
that special smell of
autumn in the air

(AW, October 2010)

2010-10-31T12:22:00.003+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Ponte Vecchio (Florence)

light on the water,
light in my heart --
Ponte Vecchio

(AW, October 2010)

2010-09-23T13:57:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert -- grass in our garden (2010)

Autumn breeze --
all these age spots
on my hands

(AW, 2010)

2010-07-06T17:42:00.003+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert (2010), Grugapark in Essen

Summer lemonade --
a sip, a breeze,
just for me

(AW, July 2010)

2010-06-21T18:18:00.003+02:00

Not just a photo --
this brown pelican dies
in my heart

(AW, June 2010)

A catastrophe! A desaster! Oil spill 2010.

2010-05-06T15:43:00.003+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert (May 2010), Raketenstation Hombroich

spring sky --
my wish can touch
the clouds

(AW, May 2010)

2010-04-14T21:19:00.006+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert (magnolia 2010)

bright spring day --
a cigarette break 
for the dustman

(AW)





(first published: tinywords, April 2007)

2010-04-04T10:58:00.006+02:00

Zieraprikosenblüte (apricot blossom), photo: Martin G. Wienert

Frohe Ostern!

Happy Easter!

2010-03-24T18:03:00.003+01:00

Märzabend -
ein Kind übt Flöte,
c d e f g...

(AW, 2010)

March evening --
a child plays flute,
c d e f g...

2010-01-03T14:39:00.007+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, our garden (Jan 3rd 2010)

winter seclusion--

cooking a chicken

praising Buddha

(Issa)

http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php?keywords=winter&year=

2009-12-28T16:16:00.002+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Baltic Sea (December 2009)

the snowman --
believe me, he giggles
from time to time
(AW, 2009)

2009-12-20T21:36:00.007+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert

on honorable Buddha's
honorable nose
an icicle

(Kobayashi Issa)

http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php?keywords=Buddha&year=

2009-10-03T21:27:00.003+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Rome 2009

Summer or autumn?
Rome can't decide
this morning
(AW, 2009)

2009-09-20T19:26:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Jewish cemetery in Xanten (2009)

"Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world." (Elie Wiesel)

2009-09-19T21:26:00.004+02:00

Some twitter-followers asked me for bee-haiku and bumblebee-haiku, unfortunately I've written only three (oh, I remember, there is another bee-haiku but it's in German only). I've informed one follower via direct message (twitter) but now other followers have asked me.

Here again my bee-haiku (the first and the second haiku were written some years ago, the last haiku is from this year, short ago on this blog):

withered lavender --
again the bee
returns

(published: WHC-German, 2005 — editor: Dietmar Tauchner and editorial staff)

blooms in winter --
the beemaster murmurs
about death

(published: Chrysanthemum, April 2007)

nearly lunchtime --
I can't stop watching
the bumblebee

(published on my blog 2009)

(author: Angelika Wienert)

2009-09-17T14:15:00.003+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert (Japanese windflower, Sept. 2009)

early autumn --
the sun does its very best
for the flower and me
(AW, 2009)

In our garden you can find Japanese windflowers -- white, pink. I see them from my kitchen window and naturally when I work in the garden where is a lot to do in the moment -- autumn is early this year.

2009-08-31T21:34:00.004+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Jewish tombstone, Xanten (2009)

old oak trees
and a whispering wind --
Jewish graves
(AW, 2009)

2009-08-26T21:30:00.005+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert (2009)

nearly lunch time --
I can't stop watching
the bumblebee
(AW, 2009)

2009-08-18T21:43:00.006+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, in our garden in...

August 18th --
we talk about heavy frost
and snow
(AW, 2009)

2009-08-10T20:23:00.004+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Schloss Dyck (June 2009)

near the lake --
two boys count their
mosquito bites
(AW, 2009)

2009-07-25T18:39:00.005+02:00

At The Supermarket

"Special offer!"
No customer wants
brown strawberrries.
A boy can't find
his favorite ice cream.
Vanilla taste
doesn't solve the problem.
At the exit
a Jehovah's witness tells me
that the end of the world
is near.
And I just have bought
six bottles of shampoo ...

(AW, 2009)

2009-07-19T20:10:00.008+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Halde Haniel, Bottrop -- art of Agustín Ibarrola (2009)

summer wind --
the toy airplane loses
a wing
(AW, July 2009)

Bottrop is a neighbortown of my hometown Oberhausen. In Bottrop you can visit the famous Halde (slag heap) Haniel which has been greened over. On the Halde Haniel you will find a lot of beautiful plants, butterflies, a big cross, stations of the cross (Pope John Paul II visited this place), modern art (see the photo) and more.

2009-07-11T23:08:00.007+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, in our garden

Invitation to visit

senryu-shelf

(not far away ... -- just a few steps ...):

http://senryu-shelf.blogspot.com/

***********

2009-07-06T16:38:00.007+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, vending machine in Kyoto (2007)

I mentioned the yellow parasol before (see below). It was so hot in Kyoto in May 2007. And there were a lot of women with parasols. We went to Takashimaya (department store) and looked for things which could help us in the sun ... Now I use this parasol in the German summer ...

a memory:

Cool green tea!
When I cross the street
I will taste it
(AW, 2009)

2009-07-06T15:15:00.005+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; former cooling towers, Zeche Zollverein (2009)

day in July
a child looks up at
the cooling tower

day in July
father's explanations about
the cooling tower

day in July
with my yellow parasol
near the cooling tower

(AW, 2009)

cooling towers are part of my Ruhrgebiet-(Ruhr-area)world, you find them in many cities of the region where I live -- it was so strange, we (kids) heard often the expression cooling tower but there was no cooling for us in the summer heat (the cooling towers had only a nice name ... they were used for industrial purposes)

2009-07-01T08:52:00.014+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, and again Zeche Zollverein (2009)

"In summer, the song sings itself."
(William Carlos Williams)

William Carlos Williams:
http://tinyurl.com/nfxal9

2009-06-30T19:42:00.023+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Zeche Zollverein (2009)

click on the photo to see it large

last day of June
I've found a shady place
for my dreams
(AW, 2009)

to the photo: what you see above is a skating rink in winter
http://tinyurl.com/m7ollf

informations about Zeche (coal mine) Zollverein:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/975

2009-06-29T17:30:00.013+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; castle Dyck, new gardens (2009)

summer day
I wish to know the name
of this peculiar plant
(AW, June 2009)

2009-06-28T16:09:00.020+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; roses in the park of castle Dyck (2009)

scent of roses --
two old ladies whispering
at the corner
(AW; Mainichi, September 2003)

about castle Dyck:
http://www.rhein-kreis-neuss.de/en/themen/schloss_dyck.html

castle Dyck near the town Neuss in North Rhine Westfalia --
on the map (link below) you'll find the town Neuss and my hometown Oberhausen (Oberhausen, on the map in the North):
http://tinyurl.com/mu3xvw

2009-06-26T10:24:00.014+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Duisburg Nord (2009)

"My reflection...
remembering the name
of the stream"

(Vincent Tripi, see the links below)

http://tinyurl.com/ntgp72

http://tinyurl.com/mrvlej

2009-06-25T10:00:00.013+02:00

Donnergott god of thunder
Donnerstag donderdag Thursday

DonnerDonnerDonnerDonner

Enjoy this (click):
Nach Herzenslust wirft - はたた神

DonnerDonnerDonnerDonner

http://tinyurl.com/l7lrax

2009-06-22T14:55:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert (me in London)

No, I wasn't in London last weekend ...

Above you see a photo from last year. But I enjoyed it to follow a conference in London -- via twitter, last Saturday. I thought that it would be a good time for someone who loves short poetry and it really was a good time.

Here more about this conference (Tate Modern, London):

"Shortness
A very short conference and a very long dinner

Saturday 20 June 2009, 14.00–21.30

14.00–17.00 symposium 18.00–21.30 dinner in the East Room"

"In short, this event brings together practitioners and theoreticians of the humanities, arts and sciences to extol or berate, to discuss, explore and explain shortness in all its spatial and temporal manifestations..."

"...The short conference is followed by a long dinner in Tate Modern's East Room. Dinner guests will be entertained by short speeches and the whole event is supplemented by short films, performances and various intervention..."

http://tinyurl.com/pmpbuf

http://tinyurl.com/mzudof

See here the panel discussion (and in the background twitter).

http://twitpic.com/7wi2x

What a view!

http://twitpic.com/7wwtk

twitter:

https://twitter.com/short_at_tate

youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK38SuxZx7c

2009-06-22T13:12:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert

Iran!
This word became
a cry.
Far away
I walk barefoot
on stones,
try to understand
and sigh.

(Angelika Wienert, June 2009)

2009-06-17T22:34:00.003+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park (2009)

old smokestack, dark walls...
I'm a dwarf
in Metropolis
(AW, 2009)

Metropolis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)

trailer
http://tinyurl.com/mkos93

2009-06-11T10:37:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Grugapark Essen (June 2009)

Corpus Christi -
over the highway
with hymns

Fronleichnam -
über die Schnellstraße
mit Kirchenliedern

(AW, WKD 2005)

http://tinyurl.com/2qj8de

2009-06-08T13:27:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, roses in the Grugapark (June 2009)

http://www.grugapark.de/im-park.html

A sepal, petal, and a thorn
Upon a common summer's morn
A flask of Dew - A Bee or two
A Breeze - a caper in the trees
And I'm a Rose!

(Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886)

2009-06-03T12:25:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Stiftung Insel Hombroich (2009)

behind the glass door
the path into
spring
(AW, 2009)

http://www.inselhombroich.de/karte.htm

2009-05-16T22:00:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Langen Foundation, Neuss (May 2009)

the sound of silence
is all the instruction
you'll get
(Jack Kerouac)

http://www.langenfoundation.de/?L=1

2009-05-10T19:47:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park (May 2009)

former smelting works
a victorious conqueror
this green
(AW, May 2009)

http://www.landschaftspark.de/en/derpark/index.html

2009-04-28T15:52:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, at our pond in April 2009

hi, bumble bee!
let's work and hum
side by side!
(AW, April 2009)

And today the long expected rain! Our garden is so fresh now! Lovely!

2009-04-25T17:42:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, April 2009

do you bloom
just to teach the world,
cherry blossoms?

(Den Sutejo; Far Beyond the Field, page 12)

http://tinyurl.com/cnt3vh

http://tinyurl.com/ddptq9

2009-04-11T00:13:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert (April 2009)

Hallelujah!
The depressed friend
laughs again
(AW, April 2009)

Dear haiku-friends,
Happy Easter!
Best wishes,
Angelika

2009-04-06T22:50:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert

First page―
a man's empty hands
the earthquake

(AW, Asahi 2004)

"an earthquake hit L'Aquila and other towns in central Italy,..."
(BBC, April 6, 2009)

"Italy Earthquake Kills 150, Leaves Thousands Homeless"
(Bloomberg.com, April 6, 2009)

2009-04-03T21:58:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, bamboo grove (2007)

lent --
the cross not yet
veiled

(AW, March 2009)

http://caribbeankigo.pbwiki.com/Caribbean-Kigo-Kukai-Results

I loved to participate. Thank you, dear Gillena!

2009-03-30T14:48:00.002+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, spring 2008

nearly daybreak

the salt spreader returns

from the highway

Angelika Wienert (Oberhausen, Germany)

(Mainichi Japan) March 25, 2009

http://tinyurl.com/d42pxz

private note:

I miss you all but I've not much time for poetry in the moment! Sorry!

2009-03-09T15:25:00.000+01:00

See the link below.

The Ruhr Area (my family and I live there)!

London, Paris and the Ruhr Area.

http://tinyurl.com/http-www-rvr-online-de-press

a night in spring
the megalopolis is
wide awake

(AW, March 2009)

2009-02-21T21:22:00.001+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; camellias in our garden (they will bloom soon ...)

carnival fete
the devil hugs
a nun

and after an interesting discussion in a haiku-forum:

carnival
the devil hugs
a nun

(AW, February 2009)

It`s carnival time here.
Here some informations:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A517655

2009-02-06T12:01:00.002+01:00

early mass

the gargoyle with

an icy beard

Angelika Wienert (Oberhausen, Germany)

Mainichi, February 6th 2009

http://tinyurl.com/d58f3h

2009-02-05T21:43:00.002+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert

Ein schöner Tag!
Heute traf hier Post aus Finnland ein! Haiku aus Finnland!

What a nice day!
Today I received a letter from Finland! And haiku!

Und nun sitze ich hier ... Und übersetze ...
And now I sit here and I try to translate ..

syksy majassani --
kylmä päivä
kylmä yö

(Issa; in: Kogarashi, S. 28, editor: Juhani Tikkanen)

autumn (but what means majassani?) --
cold day
cold night

Herbst (majassani ?) --
kalter Tag
kalte Nacht

a day later:
I still look for "majassani" -- perhaps Juhani will comment, then we will know ...

please read the comments, read what Juhani (Tikkis) wrote, it`s so interesting!

2009-02-05T21:21:00.002+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert

Heute traf hier Post aus Finnland ein! Finnische Haiku!
Today a letter from Finland! A letter and haiku!

Und nun versuche ich zu übersetzen ...
And now I try to translate ...

koivu = Birke/birch

tuuli = Wind/wind

talven = Winter/winter

katolla = Dach/roof

etc.

syksy majassani --
kylmä päivä
kylmä yö

2009-01-21T16:40:00.001+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert (December 2007)

crusted snow
so weak
the sun and I

(AW, January 2009)

2009-01-05T12:07:00.001+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; aralia elata in winter (Jan. 2009)

Cold day --
the fingers more stiff
this year

(AW; Mainichi, January 2005)

2009-01-05T11:45:00.001+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; January 5th 2009

Ssh!
The kois dream
under the ice

(AW, January 2009)

2009-01-03T01:17:00.002+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Baltic Sea, Christmas 2008

first day of the year
the ice fisher wears
a new cap
(AW, January 2009)

first published here:
Lunch Break

12 days of Christmas
http://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/2009/01/12-days-of-christmas-day-eight-nine.html

and another version (a good suggestion in a haiku-forum):

new year ...
the ice fisher wears
a new cap

2008-12-29T19:27:00.002+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Baltic Sea, Christmas 2008

Fresh air! ...
Coldness! ...How wonderful! ...

hot flash
I need no feather bed
this winter

(AW, Dec. 2008)

2008-12-28T16:59:00.002+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Scharbeutz/Baltic Sea, Christmas 2008

winter beach
the waiter looks so different
with his fur cap

(AW, Dec. 2008)

2008-12-17T08:35:00.001+01:00

waning moon
again the Fed slashes
its key interest rate

(AW, Dec. 16th 2008)

"... The Federal Reserve entered a new era on Tuesday, lowering its benchmark interest rate virtually to zero ..." (The New York Times, December 16, 2008)

2008-12-06T22:29:00.000+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; stone buddha/winter

my stone buddha,
you keep your smile
on this cold day!

(AW, Dec. 2008)

2008-11-29T21:50:00.001+01:00

arrival--departure--arrival--departure--arrival ...

departure lounge
a boy chats with his
plastic dinosaur

(AW, November 2008)

a boy (9 years old) from Austria painted this:

http://www.dinosaurier-interesse-2.de/web/Bilder/Bilder-Ki/2007/wolfram02.gif

2008-11-08T22:46:00.001+01:00

dull day dia sombrio dull day dia sombrio dull day dia sombrio

Dull day -
orphan-home
needs paint

(AW)

Dia sombrio -
o orfanato
precisa de pintura

(AW; translation: Rosa Clement, Brazil)

published some years ago

here more:

http://www.sumauma.net/haijins/haiku-angelika.html

2008-10-17T21:06:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, autumn 2008 (gleditsia triacanthos sunburst)

Britisches Museum.
Chinesen betrachten
chinesische Jade

(AW; Haiku heute, Oktober 2008)

British Museum
Chinese visitors gaze at
Chinese jade

(AW, September 2008)

2008-10-06T22:21:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, gleditsia triacanthos sunburst, Oct. 2008 in our garden

business quarter --
a brand new car
dented by hail
(AW, October 2008)

Autumn 2008
A financial crisis in a globalized world, a global crisis.
Panicked investors, scared depositors.
Emergency meetings, rescue plans ...
And it goes on ...

2008-09-27T16:35:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, stone buddha in our garden

Buddha smiles --
high in the tree
a black white quarrel

(AW, September 2008)

2008-09-27T12:17:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; London, September 2008

my autumnal garden
the plants understand
even unsaid words

(AW, Sept. 2008)

yesterday evening I returned from London

I love plants and the owners of this house (photo) seem to be plant lovers too

2008-09-19T11:07:00.001+02:00

Hagebutte/rose hip/youth/Jugend/Hagebutte/rose hip

the youth hostel
rose hip tea
in a battered jug

(AW, September 2008)

Hagebuttentee
in der Jugendherberge,
die Kanne zerbeult

(AW, September 2008; fotohaiku)

2008-09-06T01:12:00.001+02:00

mountainsBergeTunneltunnelAlpsAlpentrainZug

the Alps
our train stops
in the tunnel

(AW, Sept. 2008)

Über die Alpen...
Der Zug hält irgendwo
im Tunnel

(AW, Haiku heute, Febr. 2008)

2008-08-09T16:04:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Ginkgo Biloba (2007)

The end of summer?
Come on, let`s ask
the leaves!

(AW, 2008)

p.s.: I changed the punctuation later (line 3, exclamation point) -- thank you, Gabi (Gabi Greve, Japan)

2008-07-29T15:30:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; old city hall, Bamberg (2008)

old city hall
the watercolor painter
starts with the bridge

(AW, July 2008)

after a workshop-discussion
here another version (July 31st)

Bamberg city hall
the watercolorist starts
with the bridge

2008-07-27T16:24:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, Bamberg (July 2008)

no bombs
some say that the fog
saved Bamberg

(AW, July 2008)

but some say that Empress Kunigunde (Saint Kunigunde) had saved the city

2008-07-05T18:00:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; cheese (July 2008)

cheese shop
the customer brings in
a wave of fresh air

(AW, July 2008)

result of a haiku-workshop

2008-06-22T10:10:00.001+02:00

The Taste of Green

"Another piece..."

"You`ll be a frog in your next life," my son says. Then, he croaks.

I don`t care about the future. Here and now – the special taste of matcha cheese cake. Matcha – the fine, powdered green tea, which is used for the tea ceremony! Our Japanese guide tells us what we will do tomorrow and leaves us.

Around the corner

a moss-covered path

leads to the Buddha

(author: Angelika Wienert; first published in: Haibun Today, May 23, 2008)

2008-06-17T00:22:00.001+02:00

senryû

goal!
the new neighbour
has a voice

Tor!
Der neue Nachbar
hat eine Stimme

(AW, June 2008)

Austria : Germany

0 : 1

but it goes on...(European Football Championship)

2008-06-11T11:01:00.000+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; iris, June 2008

senryû

footbath
the old man hums
a chanty

(AW, June 2008)

2008-06-01T20:58:00.001+02:00

Piazza Tale

As always: for my husband red wine, for me white wine.

"When I was young, strangers complimented me."

"What was your last sentence, honey?"

"Strangers made compliments in my youth."

"Often?"

"No, not often. I was shy and had to wear glasses."

"A lot of women have to wear glasses."

"I was too stupid to recognize that I was quite pretty then. Today photos tell me that..."

"Salmon or lamb chops? Or better the vegetarian dish?"

As always: no coffee after lunch.

We walk across the footbridge and reach the piazza.

Heat

the dog

opens one eye

(author: Angelika Wienert, first published in: Haibun Today, April 30, 2008)

2008-05-30T22:28:00.001+02:00

painSchmerzpainSchmerzpainSchmerzpain

jaw pain
through the night
with crosswords

nightNachtnightNachtnightNachtnight

2008-05-21T17:50:00.000+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, rhododendron in our garden, 2008

FAIR WEATHER

tiny shoots
in the greenhouse –
I whisper

spring stroll
bedclothes airing
on windowsills

cherry blossoms
the jogger stops
to check his pulse

spring chill
tapping the barometer
one more time

(Angelika Wienert; LYNX, June 2008)

http://www.ahapoetry.com/ahalynx/232hmpg.html

ghazals, haibun, haiga, sequences, single poems...

2008-05-19T22:08:00.001+02:00

senryû

Ruhr-Marathon.
In der Eckkneipe wird
die Strecke besprochen

Ruhr-Marathon
the local barflies
discuss the route

and below in the language of the region, Ruhrdeutsch/Ruhr-German:

Ruhr-Marathon.
In Alf seine Kneipe wird
die Strecke bequatert

(AW, May 2008)

走
hashiru

(to run, rennen)

barfly = Kneipenhocker
I`m happy about the suggestion "barflies" (haiku-forum), I had never heard before about barflies but I think that this expression works here (Eckkneipe.../local barflies...)

(Ruhr-Marathon, May 18th 2008; you can find informations via google)

siehe auch:
http://www.artgerecht-und-ungebunden.de/Haiku-Foyer/Mundart-Haiku/Angelika-Wienert-5.htm

2008-05-10T23:07:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, the stone turtle`s place in our garden (May 2008)

on the eve of Pentecost
no wind moves the leaves

(AW, May 2008)

2008-05-09T21:05:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, peony in Wienert`s garden, 2008/Pfingstrose (Pfingsten = Pentecost)

Pentecost —
anthuriums glow
in the minster

(AW, Mainichi 2006)

2008-05-04T16:40:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert, temple in Kyôto (2007)

burning incense
my eyes follow the smoke
upward

(AW, 2008)

2008-05-01T17:16:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; street in Kyôto (2007)

old matcha bowls —
we share the memories
in silence

(AW, 2008)

2008-04-13T14:32:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; flowering ground cover in our garden

haiku-shelf needs a break

haiku-shelf braucht eine Pause

best wishes/herzliche Grüße,
Angelika

2008-04-04T12:05:00.001+02:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; white camellias (2008)

white camellias —
in the tree behind
a silent bird

Weiße Kamelien -
im Baum dahinter schweigt
ein Vogel

(AW, 2008)

2008-03-14T13:11:00.001+01:00

photo: Martin G. Wienert; japan. Fächer/Japanese fan

spring day —
the little guest talks
with our fishes

Frühlingstag.
Der kleine Gast spricht
mit unseren Fischen

(AW, 2008)

2008-02-12T16:17:00.001+01:00

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)