Some Haiku…..

Watercolor of trees, Jane Kohut-Bartels, 2006

A Note to Lisa:  So good to meet you, Lisa and you are a very special woman.  I talked a bit about “The Kimono” and it’s somewhere (chapters) on the blog here, going back to ‘older entries’.  However!  There are some very funny entries, like  “Nancy Madsen”, and “The Mermaid” from my ongoing memoir: “Memories of a Rotten Childhood”.  LOL.  And….a rather sexy book, my second (unpublished….)  “Devil’s Revenge”, posted here.  Thank you for the chat and the best of everything to and for you, Lisa!  

Hugs, Jane

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It’s full bloom spring, almost summer at least the weather says so.  These haiku are inspired by Frank Tassone’s haiku, (American Haijin)though he is the better haiku poet.  

Lady Nyo

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The koi are hungry
Orange mouths gulp green water
Good the algae grows

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Spring robins watch
Quarrelsome beasts these birds!
They don’t share the worms

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Half submerged eyes
Of frogs in algae filled pond
Reflect cloudy moon

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Swifts- dark crescent moons
Sickles cutting through the dusk
Tag the slower bats

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Chatter of sparrows
Treble voices to spring song
Dried leaves percussion

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Soft rains caress earth
A hand slides up a soft thigh
Cherry blossoms bloom

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Sultry air disturbs
The sleep of husband and wife
Panting without lust

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(my favorite haiku…)

Pale lavender sky
Balances the moon and sun
The scale shifts to night.

 

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Jane Kohut-Bartels

Copyrighted, 2018

Tags: Frank Tassone and American Haijin, Haiku, Spring