Jiko kaihō

Jiko kaihō

(our) first outdoor walk after self-isolation

synchronicity—

two young falcons draw

love lines at the clouds

©isabella.kramer

Published in my first E-Chapbooks 2020

green dawn 

for download by Elancharan Gunasekaran on www.proletaria.com  

*Jiko kaihō = self-liberation 

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The sky beneath our feet

The sky beneath our feet

mid-covid war. an exhausted nurse sleeps on the hospital floor

tears in the darkness
from somewhere behind it
the scent of vanilla 

©isabella.kramer

Published in my first E-Chapbooks 2020

green dawn 

for download by Elancharan Gunasekaran on www.proletaria.com  

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Harz Mountains - featured in #FemKu Mag Issue 27

 

Harz Mountains

cozy and warm, the old wooden bench offers space for two who like to be close to each other in autumn

seduced
to life—
butterfly's dance


©isabella.kramer

featured by Ai Li in #FemKu Mag Issue 27

 

 

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fervent

 

fervent

I stretch my arms until my fingertips reach the edges of the thunderstorm 

the hot kiss
of gods after midnight

by isabella.kramer

first published by Michael Rehling on FAILED HAIKU September 2020 issue. 

Photo by Randy Rooibaatjie on Unsplash 

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A Nightmare of Childhood

A nightmare of childhood

the one-eyed doll opens her dark red lips for a scary smile — nearer and nearer — I can feel her breath at my cheeks and the only eye makes me wait like a rabbit for the badger


Zoomzeman's fiddle tones
while our rocket
flies past the moon


by isabella.kramer2020


*** Zoomzeman is the main figure in a very old German fairytale Little Peter's Journey 

This mini-haibun is first published by Elancharan Gunasekaran  in my E-Chapbooks 2020 for download on www.proletaria.com - green dawn  - failed haiku, Volume 6, Issue 64

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Across the Styx

Across the Styx

I can't stay at home. I'm a healthcare worker and it is a very tiring and busy time in our practice. All people are very unsettled and fearful. 

thrilled 

by the sun 

our old cat

©isabella.kramer

Published in my first E-Chapbooks 2020

green dawn 

for download by Elancharan Gunasekaran on www.proletaria 

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