Lydia Royen Damhave
Born 1979 in Frankfurt/M, Germany.
Living in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Since 2012 haiku and other forms of poetry in literary magazines.
new hearing aid
the trees are rustling again
even the stars
Chrysanthemum Volume XI, Number 1: April, 2012.
at night
from street lamp to street lamp
the rain
Chrysanthemum Volume XI, Number 1:April, 2012.
in the brook
a child's kite
floats through the clouds
Chrysanthemum Volume XIII, Number 1: April, 2013.
learn how to sleep
slowly the music box
pulls in the string
Original version published in Chrysanthemum Volume XV, Number 1: April, 2014.
eyeblinks at night
an oarsman
parts the dark sea
nächtlicher Lidschlag
ein Ruderer teilt
das dunkle Wasser
Original version published in German
Haiku-heute Volume 242, Number 4: April, 2014.
English translation by the author.
Swan Lake
the slender neck of the
feeding cup
Chrysanthemum Volume XVI, Number 2: October, 2014.