Dorota Pyra, PL

 

 

Haiku   cracked earth no missing element in this old puzzle     morning chill a homeless at the trash can and a few birds     the quiet talk about yesterdays thunder harvest moon     abandoned house the door closes and opens in the winter wind     fall evening leaves of green tea unfolding     blossoming apple-tree on the old photo yellowed petals     weekend with my sonny we break up pebbles to look into inside     fork of the road the rusty signpost points the sky     another fall day she knits for him one more scarf     Photo Haiga—lightning     Dorota Pyra, lives in Gdansk, northern Poland, and works as a preschool teacher. She commenced her haiku hike in 2005. In addition to that genre, she writes longer poetry, children's short stories, as well as creates haiga and pens songs for children. In addition to writing, she draws and takes photographs. Dorota's haiku have appeared in The Asahi Haikuist Network, http://antologia.haiku.pl/ (Polish), and in the German anthologies: ...vergeht im Fluge (2007) and ...auch ohne flugel (2008), both edited by Ingo Cesaro. Received HM in the 9th HIA Contest (2007). Her haiga can be seen on the WHA Haiga Web site. Dorota is a member of the Polish haiku group, where she writes her haiku. This is Dorota's first appearance in Sketchbook.