Jacob Salzer

Born in Renton, WA USA
Living Vancouver, WA, USA
Jacob Salzer is a haiku poet who served as the managing editor for the following haiku anthologies: Yanty’s Butterfly (2016), New Bridges (2018), and Half A Rainbow (2020) and is currently the managing editor for a haiku anthology dedicated to people who don’t have access to clean water. His poetry website can be found at: https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/mareliberumhaiku

check-mate
shadows become still
on the marble steps

Chrysanthemum No. 19, April, 2016

flash-back
I adjust the time
on my camera

Chrysanthemum No. 19, April 2016

staring
at a familiar stranger
sunset

A Hundred Gourds, 5.3, June, 2016

smell of lavender
foreign words drift
in the wind

Under the Basho - 2016

heavy rain
a forest trail
lost in mud

Under the Basho 2016

this orange
touched by so many hands
I eat with gratitude

The Heron's Nest XVII, Number 3, September, 2015

no longer attached
thoughts come and go
the sound of waves

Chrysanthemum 18, October, 2015

no thoughts
light filters through
the shape of glass

Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015

how many
become one
sound of rain

Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015

forgetting my name
the hook disappears
beneath the water

A Hundred Gourds 5.1, December, 2015

crashing
against the shore
moonlight

Modern Haiku 47:1, Winter 2016

solar eclipse
the untold stories
in grandma’s eyes

Failed Haiku, Volume 1, Issue 1, January, 2016

talking with Papa
as I drive
detour

Failed Haiku, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2016

forgetting every word
of a long speech –
empty lecture hall

Haiku Canada Review, February 2016 Issue, February, 2016

behind angry parents the eyes of a child

Under the Basho, 2015 issue, 2015

her hands unfolding a butterfly

Under the Basho, 2015 issue, 2015

under one blanket
small whispers
falling asleep

The Sound of Rain, Lulu, 2014

two strangers
smoking cigarettes
in pouring rain

The Sound of Rain, Lulu, 2014

power outage
no-one knows
what time it is

Birds With No Names, Lulu, 2014

sleeping butterfly . . .
do you remember life
as a caterpillar

Yanty’s Butterfly, Lulu, 2015

dead insects
on a stagnant pond
the distant rapids

Birds With No Names, Lulu, 2014

forest after rain . . .
the sound of footsteps

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

stairway to heaven
the stars are within us

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

there is no i
around you

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

a frozen telescope pointing
at the moon

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

a monk holds an empty bowl
crescent moon

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

as she counts the days my torn calendar

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

walking shadow of sunlight has no age

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

a night with no moon
spectators remain silent
only their eyes move

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

sunlight piercing through
holes in a conversation
a fan keeps spinning

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015

sunlit mist
in unison
Orcas appear
and disappear

Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015