Polona Oblak
Polona Oblak
not yet spring
two swans on the lake
not yet white
Prize winner 13th HIA haiku contest (2011)
after the freight train thistledown
Notes From the Gean 3:1 (2011)
long day's end
the measured wingbeats
of a grey heron
Mu II (2011)
distant lightning
a blackbird tears flesh
from a ripe cherry
The Heron's Nest XIII:3 (2011)
heat shimmers
the flicker
of a lizard's tongue
A Hundred Gourds 1:1 (2011)
persimmon sky
two blackbirds puff up
their silhouettes
The Heron's Nest XIV:1 (2012)
his burn-scarred hands –
how the winter wind
makes dead leaves fly
Acorn 28 (2012)
all that defines me babushka dolls
A Hundred Gourds 1:3 (2012)
autumn sunset
the flutter of the sail
as it loses wind
The Heron's Nest XIV:2 (2012)
no longer friends
the aftertaste
of imported ale
Modern Haiku 43:2 (2012)
dappled sunlight
the broad back of the man
picking snowdrops
Presence 46 (2012)
15%
of the battery left…
spring thunder
A Hundred Gourds 1:4 (2012)
white lies
bracken
taller than me
Modern Haiku 43:2 (2012)
distant thunder
ants inside
a broken egg shell
tinywords 12.1 (2012)