HAIKU ‡U
by Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
from Smederevo in Yugoslavia



[HAIKU 1]

1
may is at doorway
clouds are travelling as to
a wedding - in white

2
gorgeously blooming
white acacia - blooming
its fragrance as well

3
race of butterflies
one is landing - an obeying
shadow next to it

4
this morning I found
my mountaineer hiking stick
enriched with some leaves

5
dived high in the sky
a fragile, tender birch tree
touching each other


[HAIKU 2]

1
a roan horse towing
its shadow gloomily and
a cart behind it

2
the village asleep
along the path by the church
a sleepy puppy

3
a whiz of the scythe
and a throng of butterflies
was turned into hush

4
fiercely moaned the wind
whizzing, hissing down the cliff
steeper and deeper

5
all around us are
cherry flowers ? therefs no sign
of wind any more

6
with rhythm of wind
are dancing leaves and shadows
a trick of the spring

7
A drunk man? ? Oh no!
Bowing crown of a pine tree
obeys master wind.

8
the path ends up at
a graveyard - there is no more
where to go

9
looking at the sky
dandelions with haircuts
oh, that wind, that wind

10
lonely and graceful
overlooking the river
is a purple cloud


[HAIKU 3]

1
a night full of stars
pushing down on my village
how can I leave now

2
the heat is pressing
from the deepness of the cloud
a bird is straying

3
along the railroad
poppies waving to trains
horses grazing ...

4
the church is sailing
swung by the bells ringing in
summer afternoons

5
summer afternoon
got ripe Ehappy calm in fields
crickets are quiet

6
a field so rich
from the wealth of fragrances
I go barefoot

7
sunshine after rain
and my shadow is there
on the grass again

8
a bench in the park
the wind browsing newspapers
despite the Sun

9
into the picture
of wet skies over Belgrade
has run a rainbow

10
butterfly, shadow,
sun, rock and brook Eall of them
touching each other

11
the rain is drumming
slowly - slowly are drumming
the ripe chestnuts too


[HAIKU 4]

1
a little tiny cloud
is dreaming in the river
till a smooth boat’s cut

2
hard rain streaming down
the windows Efrom memories
calling up the view

3
the weeds and the wind
the soul of a lonely man
is a wounded bird

4
from the wet small branch
a bird flies off to the sky
rain drops behind it

5
colorful patterns
sparkling on butterfliesEwings
a vanity fair

6
summer afternoon
the scent of evergreens
slowly spreading

7
going to his grave
just a dog trudges along
behind the dead clown

8
for a long time
a little peace of the history smells
chestnut in the yard

9
up there very high
a temple of singing birds
a dazzling morning

10
bending in the wind
dandelions get rotten
lots of empty thrones


Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
11300 Smederevo
Radnicka 1
Yugoslavia
e-mail
dior@sezampro.yu


Haiku pismo/Yugoslavia

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