poem

long time ago 

my hair

wasn't grey then

an old woman

gave me lilacs

she flattened 

the ends of the stems

with a hammer

and she did this

on a wooden block

usually used to

split wood

(AW, May 2026)

 

haiku

even the grey

is a spring grey

spring insists upon it

(AW, May 2026)

 

haiku

morning in May

birds around

none without a decent plan

(AW, May 2026)

 

haiku

late spring coldness

a takeaway coffee

at the charging station

(AW, May 2026)

 

haiku

Ascension Day

short and long breaks

between showers

(AW, May 2026)

 

poem

wind and rain

the forecast was right

people walk faster 

on this day in May

the lilac is shaken

much more

is shaken

you know 

what I think about

and birds hide

for good reason

(AW, May 2026)

peony, Grugapark (Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia); photo: Martin G. Wienert (May 2026)

 

poem

again life in this river

along its banks

then polluted

in an unacceptable way

now the address "Sir"

as if nothing

had happened

but there is

the willow's 

knowledge

(AW, May 2026)