windless afternoon –
at the temple gate
the Wind God’s stare
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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
strange how the mind works
John Fowles’, The Magus, appears
nothing Asian there
Which is precisely why this “compact” art form can be so interesting…love the possibilities. Hot sun, a Greek isle, just what we need here in New England on a November-like day in May!
ha ! lovely Stanford.
takes me back on memory’s lane
when on innumerable south India trips
seen these same stares from huge figures
i was told was guarding the villages
against evil spirits!
scared and in awe of nature
we respected her
which naturally turned to Worship
– Kala Ramesh
ok poem. let’s not forget the
men who built the gods!
the buddha of lantau
i bow to those
who built the statue
First sound:
the buzz of a fly
even in the statue’s ear
Windless afternoon.
At the temple gate
the wind – God’s stare
“to turn and look upon its face,
brought fear i’d never known —
the shadow has ever haunted me,
as i walk the earth so alone–
and when i turned, no face i saw,
for the shadow was my own
death angel’s shadow”
karl edward wagner
windless afternoon
each noise finds
an echo
becalmed
the sun reflects off the deck
pristene dawn-
75 southbound
2 souls fender-bender