The Travellers' Rainbow

Jadran Zalokar (Rijeka, Croatia)

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New Year morning --
a pine tree covered with
last year fog

My silence
and seagull's cry
following the rainbow

 

Closing my eyes
the storm roar in the mountain
become louder

 

Autumn roses
but their scent like
the Spring ones

 

A long way
through grass and dreams
the snowdrops

 

Afternoon sun --
a butterfly's shadow becomes larger
on the wall of school

 

And tail of a lizard
longs for
the sunshine

 

 

A choice of haiku by Serge Tomé (Aozora)

 

The Travellers' Rainbow

Jadran Zalokar

34 haiku illustrated with Indian ink

Editor : Društvo haiku pjesnika - Rijeka, 2001
Illustration : Jadran Zalokar
Translation : Žarko Milenić
ISBN 953-6909-02-2

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contact : Jadran Zalokar, Meštronićeva 38, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
jadran.zalokar@svkri.hr

 

Copyright Jadran Zalokar, 2001