haiku by Gabriel Rosenstock

 

a glimpse of a god
in the eyes of the cat
following a moth

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outside the Guggenheim
the shape
of real trees

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a magpie
sipping beakfuls
of its latest image

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sun shower –
flowers, weeds, stones
drenched in enlightenment

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three stabs at nothing!
the heron shakes its head
in disbelief

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with his one good hand
a scarecrow
points to the moon

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a pigeon cooing to itself
until it no longer
has a self

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pale yellow sound –
putting out the candle
another moth spared

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ah! gently mounting
each other
August evening clouds

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did her eyes watch
that little danse macabre?
decapitated hen

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Achill island
oyster catchers
gawping at tourists

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all that’s left of the night
two crows
on a branch

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about to vanish
in the morning sky
orphaned moon

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the pigeon’s mate has flown
still he struts
chest puffed out

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nipple-pink
the unripe
raspberries–

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evening sunshine –
graveyard midges
Christ, how they bite!

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from what unknowable universe
beyond Hubble –
the cat’s green stare

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All haiku on this page  are by Gabriel Rosenstock.
They are from a collection called  A Glimpse of a God, and are used with permission.

Also see:  disappearing in the haiku moment

Please also visit the artisans pages where Gabriel joins in creative collusion with photographer Ron Rosenstock to produce what they term photo-haiga – a combination of haiku and image.

Gabriel Rosenstock: Haiku Enlightenment

Haiku Enlightenment
– Gabriel Rosenstock

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