Jacob Salzer
Born in Renton, WA USA
Living Vancouver, WA, USA
Jacob Salzer is a haiku poet who served as the managing editor for the following haiku anthologies: Yanty’s Butterfly (2016), New Bridges (2018), and Half A Rainbow (2020) and is currently the managing editor for a haiku anthology dedicated to people who don’t have access to clean water. His poetry website can be found at: https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/mareliberumhaiku
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her whispers in the dark rain falling asleep
Hedgerow, #138, Spring 2022
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a homeless man
mumbles something to himself
winter wind
Hedgerow #137, Winter 2022
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dinosaur bones . . .
the length
of my shadow
Frogpond, Volume 44:3, Autumn 2021
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picking kale –
the darkened veins
in grandma's hands
Kingfisher, issue #3, April 2021
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lost
in my digital footprint . . .
the weight of snow
Kingfisher Issue #2, December 2020
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sign language
the stories of a farm
in her hands
Presence #70, July issue, 2021
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scent of green tea
in my travel mug
the forest's darkness
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plum blossom . . .
before the baby
has a name
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grandma’s ashes . . .
the Columbia River flows
into the sea
Counting Stars: Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2021 Anthology, Haiku Northwest Press, 2022
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smell of moss
on our ancestor’s headstone
my father’s shadow
Visiting the Wind: Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2021. Haiku Society of America, 2021.
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autumn evening . . .
I step into
the owl’s dream
Paper Mountains: 2020 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology, Haiku Northwest Press, 2021
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this orange
touched by so many hands
I eat with gratitude
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no thoughts
light filters through
the shape of glass
Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015
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how many
become one
sound of rain
Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015
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crashing
against the shore
moonlight
Modern Haiku 47:1, Winter 2016
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solar eclipse
the untold stories
in grandma’s eyes
Failed Haiku, Volume 1, Issue 1, January, 2016
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forgetting every word
of a long speech –
empty lecture hall
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a night with no moon
spectators remain silent
only their eyes move
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sunlight piercing through
holes in a conversation
a fan keeps spinning
Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015