Athens wind ~
the fish market
the incense vendor
Published by
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
A heady stew of sensuality and sea broth.
Have never been to Athens, but I love a
nice capricious wind, and you have captured
this one very well!
only on earth
obsession with shortening time,
lenghtening time
Great thanks for this fine Haiku.
delhi park~
flower sellers sparrows
ear cleaners~
kutab minar~
prostitute adorned~
jasmines on the head~
old-delhi dusk~
scent of cheap attar
in hashish fumes~
farmer’s market
one farmer
and his stand
fishing village
the bow lanterns fade
in the dawn
trade winds, from africa
red skies
at dawn
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