gogyohka

a single star
above the village christmas tree

12 below zero

my cigarette glowing
below

gogyohka

falling
with the snow

getting up again
with the sun

and waiting in between

gogyohka

falling
snow and light
this one day
living in ice
forever and ...

haiku

through the snowstorm
drums and bass from the pub
early christmas party

haiku

through the night
flashes of orange light
snowplows and sleepless

haiku

jackdaws jabbering
in darkness the church bells marks a new day

haiku

more and more
white hairs in the beard -
a stroke of dignity at last?

haiga

haiku

like a ball
in a pinball machine
I've come to this day

to Takuboku Ishikawa

haiku

more and more
the white hairs in my beard
… and now the frost sets in ...

haiku

time-out and daytime tv
”Ach, Mensch”

tanka

why did my ancestor
a Spanish mercenary
in Napoleons army
come to these wet and dark isles at all?
I wish he'd stayed at home ...

haiku

november sun
every window open
along the main street

haiku

ketchup bottle
left the right end up
clings to its content

haiku

so naked the trees
in this cold november sun …
should I varm them?

haiku

seagulls hovering
over the city playground
far from the ocean

tanka

replicas of Greek statues
in coarse cement
by an empty fish pond
one of them holding
a birthday flag

haiku

in the neighbors garden
festive chains of light
all the year round

haiku

unexpectedly high
this blue november sky
over my head

haiku

in this world of dew
a puddle of mud I am
dreaming of bedrock

haiku

pale november sun
everything turns golden
for a moment

tracks in mud

haiku

here in nowhere
with an unshaved face
in the saddest of months

haiku

waiting for the water to boil I put on socks

haiku

sandalwood incense
hailstorm tapping the windows

haiku

cold morning
already thinking
of a hot dinner

haiku

counting syllables
minding the western kigo
what winter stiffness