Haiku
in German by
Jim
Kacian, USA
Translation: Ruth
Franke, Dietmar Tauchner, and Peter Meister
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the
cold night
comes out of the stones
all morning |
die
kalte Nacht
kommt aus den Steinen
den ganzen Morgen |
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across the field
the slant of tall grass
the way we've come
|
quer übers Feld
das hohe Gras geneigt
wo wir gingen
|
| * * * |
new green leaves
a child I don't know
waves to me
|
frisches Blattgrün
ein Kind das ich nicht kenne
winkt mir zu
|
| * * * |
chopping wood--
someone does the same
a moment later
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Holzhacken--
jemand macht das gleiche
einen Moment später
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| * * * |
a prisoner's letter--
the wide spaces
between words
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Brief eines Häftlings--
der weite Raum
zwischen den Wörtern
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Jim Kacian is the author of 10 books of haiku and other poetry,
owner of Red Moon Press, founder of the World Haiku Association
(with Dimitar Anakiev and Ban'ya Natsuishi), and erstwhile editor
of Frogpond, the international journal of the Haiku Society of
America. He is currently working on an anthology of alternative
haiku in English, and a permanent physical location that honors
haiku in the West.
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