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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brilliant rare

brilliant rare - the eyes of a flower moon 

©isabella.kramer20 






First published by Elancharan Gunasekaran  in my E-Chapbooks 2020 for download on www.proletaria - green dawn 

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a run-down pet store

a run-down pet store

the old owner and his cats

share each other's lunch

by isabella.kramer

first published by Patricia McGuire on The Poetry Pea Summer Edition 2020 

Photo by Mark on Unsplash

the May is green and white

The May is green and white

there must be a reason
why polar bears
never play dominoes

Mozart Clarinette Adagio
the heavy rain outside
more than a background

a smile
what a smile
ask the heart

war sound—
my neighbors cancel
their vacation

full rain barrel
the filigree super network
by a water spider

veredit©isabella.kramer



first published by Michael O'Brien on Weird Laburnum



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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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Tick, Tock

tick, tock…

awaking next to the crocodile could be funny

better not trust dolls
with green eyes



veredit©isabella.kramer


first published bones20 on 15th July 2020

painting copyright veredit-art.isabella.kramer

victory day

victory day—

the innumerable petals

of red poppies

jour de la victoire—

les pétales innombrables

des coquelicots rouges


Kriegsende—
die unzähligen Blütenblätter
von roten Mohnblumen

veredit©isabella.kramer

Twitter, 2020-06-06
publication by Serge Tome on tempslibre 1 - 15 Jun. 2020


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COVID-Escape

COVID Escape

unexpected visit
a neighbor’s cat
breaks the rules

escape in my garden
the flapping of butterfly wings
nothing more

hawthorn blossoms
drunken bees
enjoy their community

the earth isn’t round
enough to escape
our own race

small fishes
and no swarm
that protects us

bunny ears and masks
easter greetings
from the neighbors

Isabella Kramer



first published by Michael O'Brien on Weird Laburnum 13th April 2020



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