Temple of Zeus —
in bright light
a stone-carved flower
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
Stanford,
You’ve succeeded in bringing life to a stone
flower. A feat fit for Zeus! Well done.
Ed
in the sand
a painted turtle
of cement
temples throb —
vintage spectacles
centenary lovers
old temple
the gods stare
with blackened faces
First winter day-
the snowfall finishing
the sculptor’s work
sculptures in the sky
the ancient fir trees
across the road
the giant gopuram
of Brihadeeshwara Temple~
countles birds encircle~
Gaayathri resonates
on the sculpted walls~
epics reborn in fire~
the anointed Mahaa-Lingam~
mysterious cosmoses erupt
in Mowna Thaandavam~
“staying put”
as Dad would say–
hummingbird hovers
Temple of Zeus
sunlight carves
flowers in stone
arctic sun
multi-colored lichens feed
on the rock
jagged lightning
evening sky —
i get closer to home