day moon

 day moon—
mother's long farewell 
ends

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photo copyright: Isabella Kramer

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Vater

 vater zwischen fallenden kirschblüten eine ferne geige

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 veröffentlicht: Haiku Heute Ausgabe Juli 2024

 

 

 

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through father's

 through father's empty house lunar eclipse 

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first published Wales Haiku Journal Autumn 2024 

photo wiki commons

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dried Lily of the Valley

dried lily of the valley
my father, now Mr. Sumseman
with the crystal violin

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getrocknete Maiglöckchen
mein Vater ist jetzt Herr Sumsemann
mit der gläsernen Geige

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Mom's Dementia

 Mom's Dementia
the fading away
of winter sun

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photo copyright: Isabella Kramer

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December sun

December sun

near to the horizon

a hint of gold

father's glasses

no more used

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photo copyright: Isabella Kramer

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Kirschblüte

 

 

 

Kirschblüte
der Klang des Schweigens
an Vaters Grab

cherry blossoms

the sound of silence
at father's grave

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all alone

all alone–

the old watering can 

by mother's grave

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first published in Blōō Outlier Journal senryu special 4

first snowfall

first snowfall

unexpected silence

in my parent's house 

erster schneefall

die unerwartete stille

in meinem elternhaus 

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fallen snow
absorbs the railway sounds
Mittagsschlaf




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withered gras

 withered grass

father’s plan for his own funeral

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eating alone

eating alone
father counts

his rice grains 

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Photo by Mgg Vitchakorn on Unsplash

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Zeitsprung

 zeitsprung—
mutter singt ihrem teddy
ein wiegenlied 

time skip—
mom sings her teddy 
a lullaby 

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Advent im Pflegeheim

 

advent im pflegeheim

auf mutters ruhelosen händen

ein kleiner glitzerstern 

advent in the nursing home
on mother's restless hands
a little glittering star

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unexpected

unexpected

night frost

trying to celebrate

father's first birthday

without him

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another March's sky

 another March's sky 
my father becomes a cloud

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winter mirror—

winter mirror—

mother's hands
smaller every day

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living

living in today mother's dementia

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late summer

late summer

my 90 year old father 

cooks blackberry jam

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Sakura

sakura

the long way to say
I love you mom

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self made apple pie

self made apple pie 

couldn't say 

good bye mom 

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