archipelago of clouds

drifting westwards

into unknown seas

at the foot of the Cross

a blood-flecked snail

becomes a buddha

with each call

the cuckoo

melts the snow

somewhere in the fog

the little bell

around the horse's neck

was that your ghost

softly among fallen leaves

dead hedgehog

pale yellow sound

putting out the candle

a second moth is spared

About the author

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 Aosdána. For more of Gabriel's Haiku visit World Haiku Review . Gabriel has given readings of his poetry and haiku in many countries - Wales, Scotland, England, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, USA, India, Australia and Japan.

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