thick stump
an ant crosses the growth rings
into my childhood

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Rafał Zabratyński

Rafał Zabratyński lives in Rzeszów, Poland. He has been writing haiku and other short Japanese poetic forms since 2000. His works have been published in numerous journals and awarded in a few competitions. He also enjoys reading and watching science fiction, exploring cosmology, mountain trekking, cycling, travelling.

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  1. Nice one, RaV…. ;-) I like the way you imply that you were a bit 'thick', too, as it adds a subtle touch of self-deprecating humour, though I don't for a moment believe you were or are at all 'thick'.

  2. very beautiful!!
    sounds like it is talking about impermanence n interconnectedness from buddha’s line of thought :)
    very nice work.
    best wishes!

  3. This is a really excellent haiku, both in the moment and in ongoing time. Possibly the best new thing I’ve read in some time.

  4. I'm very pleased it works right. Thank you so much for all your kind words.
    Lorin, I guess you considerably overrate my haiku skills. ;-) In fact, I'm a skinny person. :-)
    Warm greetings.

  5. One day an ant may cross my own grave, just as it crosses the stump of the dead tree. But in the meantime it takes me back in time to memories of childhood… marvelous poem!

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