Gabriel Rosenstock

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="01ed4c00dduajq.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Haiku</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Gabriel Rosenstock</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#00BFBF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> archipelago of clouds</div> <div> drifting westwards</div> <div> into unknown seas</div> <bR> <bR> <div> at the foot of the Cross</div> <div> a blood-flecked snail</div> <div> becomes a buddha</div> <bR> <bR> <div> with each call</div> <div> the cuckoo</div> <div> melts the snow</div> <bR> <bR> <div> somewhere in the fog</div> <div> the little bell</div> <div> around the horse's neck</div> <bR> <bR> <div> was that your ghost</div> <div> softly among fallen leaves</div> <div> dead hedgehog</div> <bR> <bR> <div> pale yellow sound</div> <div> putting out the candle</div> <div> a second moth is spared</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>About the author</B></div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="16f88c80.jpg" border=0 width="136" height="200" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT>Poet, translator, haikuist, Gabriel Rosenstock was born in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, Ireland, in 1949 of an Irish mother and German father. He is the author/translator of over 100 books, mostly in Irish (Gaelic). He works as an Assistant Editor for an Irish-language publishing house, An Gúm. English-language titles from Gabriel include Cold Moon (erotic haiku) and Portrait of the Artist as an Abominable Snowman (selected poems) both from Domhan Books, New York, and the classic anthology A Treasury of Irish Love published by Hippocrene Books, New York. He has translated thousands of haiku into Irish. He lives in Dublin and is a member of <A HREF="http://www.artscouncil.ie/aosdana/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.artscouncil.ie/aosdana/"><U>Aosdána</U></A>. For more of Gabriel's Haiku visit <A HREF="http://www.worldhaikureview.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.worldhaikureview.org"><U>World Haiku Review</U></A> . Gabriel has given readings of his poetry and haiku in many countries - Wales, Scotland, England, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, USA, India, Australia and Japan.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dec 04"><U><B>site guide</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>