Nicholas Klacsanzky
Born in Seattle, USA
Living in Seattle, USA
Nicholas Klacsanzky is the editor of Haiku Commentary, an online journal for the analysis of haiku and related forms. He was the haiku/senryu editor of Frogpond journal in 2023 and now also in 2024. Nicholas started to write haiku with the inspiration of his father, George Klacsanzky, who was the editor of the journal Haiku Zasshi Zo.
summer storm . . .
I push the beetle
back on its feet
Frogpond, 37:3, Autumn, 2014
night stroll
an owl guides me
to the woods
Acorn #35, Fall, 2015
whale vertebrae
drifting from one god
to another
A Hundred Gourds, 5:3, Final Issue, 2016
THF Touchstone Individual Poem Award for 2016
subway
I read a novel
from the stranger's hand
Failed Haiku, issue 8, July, 2016
alone—
I eat all the salmonberries
on the trail
sparse snowflakes
the loneliness
of galaxies
subway transfer
the homeless lady
sells mirrors
Sunday morning
the woodpecker
hard at work
half asleep—
moonlight seeps
into my veins
The Heron’s Nest, Volume XX, Issue 1, March 2018
new tabla
the smells of India
in one strike
I say om
a few more times . . .
dripping icicle
windless afternoon—
the rush of memories
across the bay
beach fire—
her scar shimmers
in the night
Haiku Canada Review, February, 2019
soaked—
we bring the sky
to our office
Haiku Masters, NHK World-Japan, selected, 2019
dahlia blossom—
the many layers
of her touch
early morning—
on the porch table
a dragonfly wing
family reunion
I stir tea
with a fork
blocking the view
of a dahlia blossom
my thoughts
summer taxi ride . . .
the colorful blur
of my Kyiv
scent of blackberries
more and more
words disappear
mushroom hunt
only finding
my attention
Highly Commended, H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest, 2023
dogwood blossoms
wind rushes through
my chakras
Upside Down: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, 2024