John Knight

John Knight (8 September 1933 / Liverpool - UK)

Poems by John Knight : 116 / 227

1118 Spanish Haikus - Poem by John Knight

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Spanish is very similar to Latin (from which it is derived) and Italian consequently Spanish Haikus also have an excellent 'voice' due to the vowel endings. Again I included some literal translations into English.

SOLO Y CANSADO
PERO TRAS LA VENTANA
BRILLA LA NIEVE

Alone and tired
But behind the window
The snow sparkles

DOCENAS DE PALOMAS
ALDREDOR DE UN MENDIGO
Y UN TROZO DE PAN

Dozens of pigeons
Around a beggar
An a piece of bread

UNOS PAJARITOS
POSADAS EN LA ALFEIZAR
MIRAN LA BAILARINA

Little birds perched
On the window-sill
Watching the Ballerina

(John Knight - Colchester - November 2009)

John Knight

Poems by John Knight : 116 / 227

Mohammed Asim Nehal (10/12/2015 2:45:00 PM)
Brilliant write....All haikus are fantastic the one which I liked the most is
Dozens of pigeons
Around a beggar
An a piece of bread (Report)Reply
* Sunprincess * (5/3/2014 1:27:00 PM)
.........truly enjoyed these lovely writes...this is my favourite....
~Little birds perched
On the window-sill
Watching the Ballerina ~ (Report)Reply
Lalitha iyer (1/17/2014 10:59:00 PM)
U have got the required image.................wonderful (Report)Reply
Patrick A. Martin (11/30/2009 3:01:00 AM)
They are all great but my fav was the second one- I wrote a poem called Summer 1963 which probably explains that- It is amazing what can come out of three lines============10 (Report)Reply
Patti Masterman (11/16/2009 8:42:00 PM)
Wow, these are exquisite. I loved the explanation too. It's nice when a fellow poet takes extra time to explain things and it shows that he never takes his reader for granted. (smile) (Report)Reply
Janell Cressman (11/16/2009 6:48:00 PM)
really amzing stuff John (Report)Reply