Haiku - B.B. Elsin

Temperate rain forest

14 July 202515 September 2023 by B.B. Elsin

Whispering, sparkling Cascade of drops from black rocks Greening the soft moss. : : Photo: Moss, Lake District, UK.

Petals gold with cheer Face that feeds a hundred birds Long, strong stem swaying. : : : Photo: Detail from Sunflowers T-shirt from the National Gallery, London, UK. From the painting “Sunflowers” by Vincent van Gogh.

It’s Hard to Hear

14 July 202518 June 2023 by B.B. Elsin

Pardon? What? Sorry? Reach into my muffled world. Share my loneliness. : : : First published (as E Rogers) in Petals of Haiku: An Anthology of Haiku, edited by Gabriela Marie Milton, Published by Literary Revelations LLC ISBN 979-8-9875548-9-0

Tewkesbury

18 July 202522 November 2022 by B.B. Elsin

Carefree blood-fed grassAncient murders fester deepChildren play. Ghosts weep. : : : Photo: The site of the bloody Battle of Tewkesbury which took place in 1471 in the War of the Roses.