Three Haiku Triptych Poems & One Poem by Samo Kreutz

 

Where Resin Meets Salt (a haiku triptych)

not all stories need ink to speak

drifting sailboat ...
dad’s old gloves smell 

like pine resin 

coastal tree line ... 

she folds her son's 

treasure map 

captain’s log ... 

the inkless part speaks 

in scent of seaweed

The Space Between Sound  (a haiku triptych)

not every drum must strike to be heard

school parade ...
a drummer boy waits 

for the breeze 

distant lightning ... 

the black hill holds 

soldier's breath 

bamboo thicket ... 

a girl taps her silence 

into twilight

Between the Wind and Us (a haiku triptych)

nature understands what we cannot say

wind in the reeds ...
a grasshopper folds 

our chat 

river meadow ... 

ants in a grass change 

direction of his sigh 

high tea ... 

her husband answers 

in a cricket’s voice

Neon Prophets

the sky fractures
into asphalt whispers
and cracks

lampposts
rise as the prophets
waiting for dawn

beneath them
our shadows gather
like moths

in search
of constellations

pulsing through the copper veins  

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.