Author: Helga Härle

Helga H?rle is a Swedish poet and creative writing teacher, enjoying haiku as a way of tracing the moment...and sharing it. Some of her English haiku were published in magazines like the Heron's Nest, Frogpond and Acorn to mention a few; some of her Swedish in various Swedish mags and anthologies. In 2011 a trilingual collection of her poems was published by t'schrijverke (http://haikuschrijverke.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147:de-bal-rolt-verder&catid=28&Itemid=57)

old pond—
a crab sneaking into
the sunken sneaker

traffic jam —
from everywhere the snow
heading nowhere

winter morning –
our words turn into
white clouds

spring shower
the umbrellas
in full bloom

First frost –
even the green leaves
fall