Abraham Freddy Ben-Arroyo
Born 1924 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Lived in Haifa, Israel until his death in July 2025
His book Jazz Trio (2014) is available to read online
time stands still empty church
The Best of Mijikai Haiku 2013
on cold stone and red poppies bleeding soldier
Bones No.1, December 2012
black umbrellas walking under rainy skies
Bones No.2, June 2013
exhilarant orange blossom I'm still alive scent
Asahi Haikuist Network, Nov. 15, 2013
high heeling long legged beauty
The Best of Mijikai Haiku, 2012
Sabbatical
just one key
in my pocket
שנת שבתון
רק מפתח אחד
בכיסי
Published in Ardea Issue 3
swallows and minarets
shooting through the sky
in Sarajevo
Notes from the Gean, December 2011, Vol. 3, Issue 3
which switch
for that light?
new home
The Mainichi Daily News, December 29, 2011
equinox –
trimming my moustache
spring-mode now
The Mainichi Daily News, May 26, 2012
I was young then –
climbing in thin air
Machu Picchu
Multiverses 1.1 June, 2012
Dostoevsky and I
strolling in St. Petersburg then
white nights
The Mainichi Daily News, September 19, 2012
spam retrieved love letter
The Best of Mijikai Haiku, 2012
Sirens (a sequence)
Yom Kippur War ear-piercing sirens since
on cold stone and red poppies the bleeding soldier
memorial wall my son’s name carved on sirens
grave names read ALOUD Mt.Carmel echoes
tombstone memorial candle flickers…flickers
Mt.Carmel slowly crawling darkness jackals cries
Bones, No. 1, December, 2012
lost
in hotel corridor –
the North Star
The Mainichi Daily News, December 26, 2012
the smoke
from the incense stick
my fleeting life
The Mainichi Daily News, March 22, 2012
facing me
through the open window
a single star
Kernels, Spring, 2013
slow down
Bullet train!
Snow-capped Fujiyama
Asahi Haikuist Network, July 05, 2013
sky over white Bauhaus balcony black cat
Notes from the Gean, No. 21, July, 2013
the taxi driver
sneezes –
switches the wipers on
Prune Juice, Issue Ten: July, 2013
his name is Alan
why do I call him Alyosha?
Ice cold vodka
зовут его Алан
так почему я зову его Лёша?
водка со льдом
Editor's Choice Ershik, Senryu and Kyoka Journal, October, 2013
looking
through the bus window
her Cleopatra nose
The Mainichi Daily News, October 3, 2013