WINTER HAIKU

Slowly branch by branch
breaking out of the vapour
the green of the pines

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A colourful bridge
between heaven and earth

a rainbow
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Dancing on water
before they begin to merge
the joyous raindrop

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Moon in morning dawn
vain competing with the sun
to create the day

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

English translation by the author and Stanley H. Barkan
From: “Dewdrops”, 100 haiku by Germain Droogenbroodt
English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Japanese (calligraphy)

Illustrations by Satish Gupta
POINT Editions 2017