x-mas ornaments . . .
a jolly buddha
bends a branch
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Stanford M. Forrester
Stanford M. Forrester is a past president of the Haiku Society of America as well as the editor of bottle rockets: a collection of short verse, which boasts its 14th year in print. Stanford has had poems published in many journals and anthologies worldwide. He perhaps is most proud of his haiku being included in Haiku edited by Peter Washington in the Everyman's Pocket Poetry Series published by Knopf and American Zen: A Gathering of Poets published by Bottomdog Press. In 2004 he took first seat in the 57th Annual Basho Anthology Contest in Ueno, Japan and in 2012, one of his haiku won second place in the International Robert Frost Poetry & Haiku contest. View all posts by Stanford M. Forrester
Sudden cold–
Christmas cactus
already blooming
(Time of Singing, Vol. 24, 1997;
http://www.timeofsinging.bizland.com)
I like this – made me smile. Thank you.
Here’s one of mine.
Christmas tree —
the cat’s tail causing
a fallen angel
It was published in my collection, ‘Just These Few Stones’ – now on my website at http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk
cast iron
ornament tree
real trees saved
A cool juxtaposition of Christian/American traditions with Buddhism and the East. The branch bending is both comical and sad to me, if it’s read as emphasizing the conflict between two very different ways of life.
souvenir shop
buddhas smile
among christmas trees
decorated tree —
an angel’s wing
held by duct tape
peace on earth:
silky white angel hair
falling gently from the sky
temple dusk
the day’s warmth emanating
from a stone buddha
three year old
decorates the tree–
ornaments half way up
old lady’s christmas
faked gifts are freshly wrapped
mirrored lake
a myriad of expanding rings …
a gentle rainfall