Four Poems by Samo Kreutz (including 3 Haiku Triptych)

 

A Lullaby for a Silent Presence (a haiku triptych)

what remains unsaid holds the truest weight

rewritten letter ...
the evening rain
blots the ink

opening petals ...
a dawn replaces
friend's silence

chipped mug ...
steam swirls upward
with his secret

Where Breath Waits  (a haiku triptych)

the present is not a moment – it is the quiet that holds all moments

child's drawing …

a pink cloud carries

laughter

pale afterlight …

a deer gives way to

the girl's question

silent breeze …

the crow's cry veils

half of the moon

Toys of Moonlit Dreams (a haiku triptych)

where stars and toys weave dreams as one

trembling stars ...

those faint stories

of her doll

moonlit dreams ...

a teddy bear listens

to child's pulse

shadowed night …

a tin soldier marches

to the mum's lullaby

City in Mid‑Signal

  

the light edges in 

like a slow exhale between 

two buildings  

and the map 

we never draw 

flickers 

at the margin  

of billboard constellations  

as if the city were 

trying  

to communicate with us – 

lacewings 

drawn thin and stripped of all sensing

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, Eunoia Review, 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.