caressing her hair
I sing a lullaby
she won’t remember

 

dementia
our family tree
collects dust

 

Akitsu Quarterly – Summer 2017

genesis
the potter’s wheel
turns

 

via Daily Prompt: Create

Venus de Milo
did you ever dream
of solitude?

 

via Daily Prompt: Paragon

balloons pop
behind the fair booth
young lovers jump

 

via Daily Prompt: Puncture

covered in cobwebs
tapered candles
at the altar

 

via Daily Prompt: Taper

year after year
the silent blossoming
of roses

 

via Daily Prompt: Volume

above the horizon
birdsong waits
for an open window

sopra l’orizzonte
il canto degli uccelli aspetta
una finestra aperta

translation by Elisa Allo

 

Ama No Gawa – 6/11/17
https://tanzaku.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/haiku-of-tia-haynes-2/#comment-6316

a new generation
on the playground
my daughter pushes back

 

via Daily Prompt: Triumph

a change in wind
after the drought
a kiss

cambio di vento
dopo la siccità
un bacio

translation by Eufemia Griffo

 

Memoire di una geisha – 6/11/17
https://eueufemia.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/tia-haynes-haiku/

 

my first memory
of cicadas
the book of revelation

via Daily Prompt: Revelation

accepting
what is
i let go
of what was
before

via Daily Prompt: Tender

the advice she gives warm apple crisp

via Daily Prompt: Crisp

ounce by ounce
her polished silver
a last resort

via Daily Prompt: Polish

Beverly Hills
same vase
on every table

via Daily Prompt: Natty

bronze badge
a last call
in bas relief

via Daily Prompt: Uniform