Four Haiku Triptych Poems by Samo Kreutz

 

SHIFTING SILENCE (a haiku triptych)

 

what drifts is held

 

sand ridge ...

the breeze veils

a poet's voice

 

desert fox …

even our sighs

hold still

 

sahara dunes ...

her name slips from

mum’s memory 

 

 

THREADS OF LIGHT AND MIST (a haiku triptych)

 

where whispers weave the fabric of dreams

 

swaying reeds ...

the mist cloaks

faint sigh

 

mirroring lake ...

the breath slips

to dusk

 

ancient pines ...

moonlight weaves

a presence 

 

 

FRUITS OF STILLNESS (a haiku triptych)

 

between heartbeat and memory, silence ripens

 

sunlit orchard ...

a peach falls softly

into her silence

rising heat ...

between two heartbeats

the taste of mint

 

old veranda ...

he offers cherries

to her empty chair 

 

 

JASMINE IN THE SILENCE (a haiku triptych)

 

even distance holds a kind of closeness

 

closed window

yet the scent of jasmine

slips into our dispute

 

paused sparrow ...

between the curtains

words unsaid

 

night deepens ...

softer than moonlight

our silences

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 fourteen books in Slovene (six 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.