Three Haiku Triptych Poems by Samo Kreutz

 

In The Wake of a Breath (a haiku triptych)

 

a voice continues where silence began

 

fading dawn ...

caught on the rose

an unfinished haiku

 

watering can ...

the soil returns

son’s ditty

 

light dusk ...

the sparrow repeats

his lullaby

A City in Minor Key (a haiku triptych)

 

nothing moves, yet everything leans

 

heatwave ...

the mime conceals

his gestures

 

bus shadow ...

the breeze waits

for a stray cat

 

blinking red light ...

the crow's caw slips

into another street

From Bloom to Bell (a haiku triptych)

 

between the petal and an echo, a world unfolds

 

end of rainstorm ...

a single daisy opens

to silence

 

soaked meadow ...

his giggle shimmers

in petals

 

church bell echo ...

the blossom lets go

its last droplet

Samo Kreutz lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Besides poetry (which he has been writing since he was eight years old), he writes novels, short stories and haiku. He is the author of twelve books in Slovene (five of them are poetry collections) and six in English (they are haiku books, the last two are titled Not Empty-Handed and Cat and a Dawn, all published by Cyberwit.net from India and are available at Amazon.com). His recent work has appeared on international websites (and journals), such as Ariel Chart: International Literary Journal, Better than Starbucks: Poetry and Fiction Journal, Green Ink Poetry, Ink Sweat & Tears: The poetry and prose webzine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Seashores: Haiku Journal, Stardust Haiku Online Journal, The Bamboo Hut, The Heron's Nest and others.