Haiku for the twelve months of the year
from around the world.
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Poet: Rosa Clement Region: Manaus, Amazonas, Northern Brazil |
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January |
winter rains the city creek now crosses the road |
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February |
lightning the welder’s house sparkles on the outside |
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March |
mid-day in the stillness after rain a vibrant rooster |
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April |
river shadows the fisherman’s harpoon aims at a big one |
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May |
absent clouds the whole plane flight beneath the blue |
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June |
the rain is gone no more crickets to look for inside the boots |
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July |
the hottest night even the moon is free of clouds |
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August |
another summer my old dog’s barks mean "more water" |
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September |
Independence day on each marine’s chest a shaft of sun |
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October |
summer shade the field’s tucumã conceals a wasps' nest Tucumã is a palm tree from the Amazon. It produces ping-pong ball sized fruits in bunches; the fruits have thin pulp.
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November |
first winter rain the gravestones’ flowers will remain fresh |
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December |
a bare tree spellbinds all alone December lights |
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