Michael Smeer
Born 1963 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Living in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
His preferred style is haiku in English. Michael is the founder of 'My Haiku Pond & Academy', dedicated to English language haiku and related poetry, Culture & Art. Since May, 2016 he is a former Vice President of the European Haiku Society (EHS).
http://MyHaikuPond.com
vlinderhuis –
een jongetje achtervolgt
zijn lege vinger
butterfly house –
a little boy chases
his empty finger
Blithe Spirit, Volume 26, Number 2, 2016
een kind wiegt
met haar lantaarn –
motten fladderen
a child sways
with her lantern
moths flutter
Hedgerow #65, 2016
tuin slak –
de supermaan
ontsnapt 'n vijver
garden snail –
the perigee moon
escapes a pond
Wild Plum 2:1 Spring-Summer 2016
kersenbloesem –
deze korte momenten
van compassie
cherry blossoms –
these brief moments
of compassion
Wild Plum 2:1 Spring-Summer 2016
maan staren . . .
passerende storm wolken
verdiepen de vijver
moon gazing . . .
passing storm clouds
deepen the pond
A Hundred Gourds, March 2016
heldere winter nacht –
mijn uitgestrekte vinger
roert de melkweg
clear winter night –
my stretched finger stirs
the milky way
Blithe Spirit, Volume 26, Number 1, 2016
eerste ochtendvorst
bloeiend in de meterkast
vorig jaar's sneeuwlaarzen
first morning frost
flowering in the cupboard
last year's snow boots
Blithe Spirit, Volume 26, Number 1, 2016
honingdauw
onder de populier
'n donkere pop
honeydew
beneath the poplar tree
a dark chrysalis
Cattails, January 2016
bij Boeddha's tempel
door de ijskoude regen . . .
m'n hart nog warm
near Buddha's temple
through the cold rain . . .
my heart still warm
Hedgerow #59, 2015