Five Haiku Poems by Deborah A. Bennett

 

Five Haiku

before the wound 

becomes a word. 

say. "flower."

 

take your heart 

to the light on the roof. 

say. "moon."

 

 

to understand nothing 

takes time  -

waning crescent moon 

 

 

life in this world  -

mandala of sand 

swept away 

 

 

the evening bell 

the leaf fires also 

fade to nothing 

 

 

weep not my friends 

i have grown old too -

cicada moon

 

Deborah A. Bennett - Writing haiku for fifty years, Deborah A. Bennett's poems have most recently appeared in Wales Haiku Journal, Fresh Out Mag and The Amethyst Review.