sunny spell
the intoxicating scent
of hyacinths
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Olivier Schopfer
Olivier Schopfer is a Swiss poet and photographer, born in 1966 in Geneva. He finds inspiration in nature and in his travels around the world. His work regularly appears in anthologies, as well as in numerous online and print journals. He is the author of four books: In the Mirror: Concrete Haiku (Scars Publications, 2018); So Many Miles: Fifty Senryu (Alien Buddha Press, 2019); Half in Light, Half in the Shade: Haiku and Senryu (Cyberwit, 2019); Home After a Long Absence: Haiku, Senryu and Tanka (Cyberwit, 2020). View all posts by Olivier Schopfer
I am enjoying this one, Olivier. It very much reminds me of one I’ve been working on for decades but have yet to finalize and publish. It currently goes something like this: Drunk/without drinking/ lilac fragrance. So nice, across the globe, to be on the same wave length with you!
Thank you very much for your kind words, Sylvia. Regarding your haiku, what about
as though
I were drunk
lilac fragrance