Silhouettes

Naked silhouettes
Stand up against the river
Embracing its stream

Flavors

Sweetness and sour
Combine in one’s mouth
And in one’s life

Expectations

Giving a chance
To the less desirable
Surprises abound

Suits

It’s the honor
Of wearing a suit
That gives glamour

Tea

The rage outside
Calms the rage inside
Two teaspoonful

Stillness

The naked stairs
Remind me of you
Soundless moments

Wander

On the naked stairs
A lost angel looks afar
In the rising sun

Stories

In the old town
Each house a legend
Waiting its turn

Oscillations

Trains come and go
Over the window
Thoughts come and go

Effort

To remove the mud
Covering a small diamond
One has first to try

Futility

Running after clouds
Imaginary rainbows
Let themselves untouched

Apart

Negating feelings
Belonging to each other
Over broken bridge

Sentimentalism

Purple and green
In midst of sunset
Returning home

Reflections

The sky reflects
Our wishes for more
In pond my self

Emptiness

A full house
Is still empty
Without her

Lethargy

Lying in bed
Her on my shoulder
Black cat purring

Delicacy

Two nectarines
After the shower
Inviting tease

Tea

A cup’s emptiness
More warm tea for the beloved
To fill from within

Push

Slowly one day
Pushes another
Pulled by a dream

Opaqueness

Foggy river
Murkiness precludes
The visible

Silence

Silence spreads its threads
With the settling storm
Muddy its waters

Friendship

Between friends
One finds a home
Anywhere

[Unnamed]

What is love
But a rainbow
Before rain

Knowingness

Knowing nothing
One begins to know
The nothingness

Nows

In love
With the days
Being

The Way

Not the mastery
Of the known or the unknown
Being there aware

Lessons

A butterfly's flight
A rainbow arch after rain
All is a lesson

Formless

One learns form
Copies its form
Escapes form

Blossoms

Three rare blossoms
Never seen blossomed
Springtime's over

Words

At first glimpse
Words start as more
End like words

Si ce daca...

Marea se agita
Privind inmarmurita -
Se-ndreapta cu-nclestare
In vesnica uitare;

Luna tremuranda
In a marii oglinda -
Priveste-ndurerata
De mult nedezmierdata;

Soarele se ascunde
Tradat de-ale lui unde -
Purtate-n zari de vant
Din ceruri spre pamant;

Vantul se razbuna
Pe vesnica-i osanda -
Al lumii calator
Departe de-al lui dor;

Iarna invrajbeste
Focul ce mocneste,
Plapanda palpaiala
Asteptarea-nseala;

Iubirea se destrama
Far’a baga de seama -
Din rasarit inspre apus
O flacara s-a dus…

Tacerea e amara
Cand seara se coboara -
O stea mi se iveste
S-adanc viata priveste.

Abyss

Returning to world
After long hibernation
An abyss between

Clownery

A skillful clown
One has to become
To rival clowns

Change

One holds in palm
A butterfly
One has become

Flight

Life passes by
In an arrow’s flight
Frozen in place

Fast-forward

From love to hate
Just a single step
Thousand steps back

Treasure Hunting

On a treasure hunt
I found a lofty fortress
Warm lights from afar

Insanity

Anchored in verses
For my own’s mind sanity
Insanity speaks

Fragility

Fragile roses
Have nurtured their thorns
To thrill deeper

Transparence

She looked through me
Like awaken from a dream
Myself a window

Twilight

Left in the dark
Each glim’s a blessing
Touching darkness

Tenderness

Two ice scrapers
Pet an old engine
Warm morning frost

Lust

Winter’s cold fires
Frozen desires
Melt into frost

Warmth

Long icy night
Still felt in my bones
Warmly thoughts sprung

Acceptance

Smiling at the moon
All worries gone with the clouds
On a starry night

Loss

The time we’ve lost
Hoping for love
Is never lost

Silence

The music stopped
With the sunrise
Peaceful moments

Wish

A rose’s perfume
Invites one’s senses
To wish even more

Flow

Between breathes
The big river flows
Into ocean

Hide-and-seek

The moon hides itself
From a lover’s eyes
Golden naked truth

Restless

In silence
The voice within
Chatty bird

[Unnamed]

Awaken
From a long dream
In seconds

Quest

Searching for her
In the restless crowd
I found myself

Awaking

Five more minutes
My sleep wasn’t that sweet
The whole past night

Torture

Departing steps
On the wood flooring
Cold water drops

Murkiness

Senseless in bed
The eyes look afar
No rays of light

Patter

Words fall on paper
Like raindrops in summer days
One’s emptiness sounds

Spring-Cleaning

In the old temple
Dusty corners need cleaning
Sweeping the ground floor

Fantasy

A face in the crowd
Stirred a storm in a tea cup
Till cup spilled-over

Itches

One’s heart itches
For an ounce of love
Scattered feelings

Essence

A tall pine tree
Despite its beauty
Knotty essence

Crave

From wisdom’s fountain
Many allay daily thirst
For deeper waters

Hunger

The sea bites
From the bare skin
Red toothmarks

Thirst

The cold outside
Magnifies one’s thirst
For the beloved

Foreshock

When simple words
Ripple deep within
Tsunamis grow

Unexpectedness

A raven landing
On a solid rock
Freshly wet feathers

War

Armies take the sky
Incommensurable clouds
Join into battle

Ripples

What is a soul
Without a mirror
Teacup ripples

Division

One devides love
Between gone moments
Nows in the wind

Bridges

Each verse you read
Binds my mind to yours
Unseen bridges

[Unnamed]

One more evening lost
Turning into days and months
Seconds of waiting

Maybe

Maybe she’s a dream
From another felt realm
Not given to love

Snowflakes

Snowflakes might fall
In the wrong places
To make things right

Perfume

One sees roses
Beautiful in form
But perfumeless

Content

The beauty of love
Lies in its feelings’ content
As they give its form

Dissonance

Petrified feelings
One can hear behind one’s steps
Known sounds of one’s heart

Perennity

One small present
Awaits under tree
One more Christmas

Survival

One understands
And then all forgives
Survival primes

Nostalgia

Home leaving
In summer wind
Old image

Love's Seasons

Morning a spring
To nurture further one’s hopes
Enjoying love’s springs

Midday a summer
To feel the breeze through your hair
And the warmth of love

Evening an autumn
To count day’s richness in love
And time spent with you

And night a winter
To feel your arms around me
Looking for my love

Continuity

A fire spark
Dearly guarded
Lifetime heat

Magic

If flowers blossom
In midwinter sunny days
Why not a new love

Casualness

When was her heart
Corrupted by love
Cold-armed latches

Sprung

One more star
Sprung on its way
To Heavens

Embrace

I embrace
The formless form
With my mind

Nudity

Pine tree’s needles
On the naked floor
Bare-cold feelings

Flight

Circles on ice
Circles in the air
White swan flying

Contrasts

Two minds akin
Wonder stars’ beauty
Opposed skylines

Blow-Out

Teaching not to care
One snuffs out a small candle
With each memory

Extinction

Learning not to care
Lesson by lesson one dies
Just a little more

Perpetuity

A mind’s touch
Fire after fire
Endlessly

Mourning

Nude Christmas tree
Await for its end
Unlit candles

Roses

Look at the rose
Today it blossoms
Tomorrow's past

Exposure

How long could love
Escape from knowing
A burning heart

Departure

A pike sprung back
Into the waters
Oh empty boat

Verses

If love’s a poem
Our feelings are the verses
That bind heart to heart

Light

Buddha smiles
In each blossom
Or sand grain

Intensity

A touch of hands
Woke me from my dreams
Burns under skin

Shivering

The valley roars
Wind’s long caressing
Spinal shivers

Recital

A cuckoo’s song
Stirs no applauses
On wedding day

Sleepless

Whispers of the night
Become voices of morning
Sleepless nightingales

Smoke

Smoking chimneys
Warm the cold outside
Cozy winter

Frozen

Pouring rain
Bitter coldness
In toe tips

Play

Daylight flashes
Over the river
Nature’s child-play

Colors

Joy and sorrow
In frenetic dance
Under my pen

Traces

Fragments of paper
On the empty corridor
A lost love letter

Drama

Over the river
Light plays its piece of drama
In a sturgeon’s scales

Contrast

Old wine’s lightness
Puts lead on my feet
Felt timelesness

Lightness

The burning wood
Gives color to the night
Winter's lightness

Candles

A candle
Found its purpose
In the end

Cold Fusion

Walking in the rain
Raindrops cut like burning ice
One becomes the rain

Poetry

Poetry fills
The lack of feelings
Not lived so far

Colorless

Grayer the days
As mist feels home
Just one color

Sweet Dreams

Dressing feelings
In fluffy cushions
One deeply dreams

Ripples

One hears the waves
Falling over stones
Of gathered wit

Shadows

Mist on the river
Disturbing shadows
Cut the waters

Shadow

A black big dog
Crosses the darkness
Night’s lost shadow

Mirroring

One thousand puddles
Mirror the light and darkness
Of moments passed by

Battle

A crow battles
For day’s remains
Fast wind flurries

Lost Rose

Far faraway
A rose lost its charm
Not its perfume

Raindrops

Jumpy raindrops
Disturb sky’s image
Wavy puddles

Haiku

The night echoes
River’s sound mumbling
Night-surfing moon

Footprints

Looking back
No left footprints
To return

Scream

Sporadic screams
Deepen night’s silence
Nature’s nightmares

Crossings

An oak’s roots
Cuts the sidewalk
Through the night

Laughs

Old man cursing
The weight of his years
Innocence laughs

Midnight

How lonely
The midnight hour
Without you

Threads

Unwalked paths
In midnight’s light
Moving threads

Deception

A shade in the room
Moves over the empty bed
Just a bird outside

Nudity

Cherry trees
Before blooming
Nude geishas

Blossoms

Buds spread open
In lingering sun
Love fills the space

Frozen

Awaited snow
Let blossoms fall
With its first show

Slide

Steamy mulled wine
Melts people’s feelings
Sliding on ice

Relativity

Her warm touch
Felt eternity
One second

Fusion

Winter’s joys
Melt the sorrows
Of whole year

Solitude

Loving life
In plenitude
All alone

Footsteps

On master’s footsteps
One finds signs that mark the path
Concealed from one’s eyes

[Unnamed]

A fish in a tank
Beyond its beauty
Lacks its freedom

Span

From width of stars
To depth of mind
Life’s mystery

Unrest

The words seem shy
Meanings fade away
Outside birds sing

Happiness

One grows older
But little pleasures
Still spice one’s life

Fear

One’s afraid
His emptiness
Can’t be filled

Frozen

A gardener looks
A rose frozen overnight
Powerless wishes

Words

Love oft stumbles
Till words are forgotten
And hearts learn to speak

Broken Wings

Her heart seems broken
How can a simple mortal
Fix an angels wings

Buds

An open heart
Or a broken heart
Buds to blossom

Ghostless

One gets tired
Of chasing phantasms
And starts to live

Ashes

One looks for love
And finds its ashes
Must have been fire

Blossom

To remain a bud
Or to become a blossom
A rose trusts the light

Hunger

One finds reasons
Behind each small act
Hungered ego

Existence

One deeply loves
Thus one coexists
With the beloved

Joy

A kid in the snow
Continues after each fall
And laughs at danger

Coldness

No sound no light
No thought mind can bare
Just a snowflake

New Year’s Eve

Between fireworks
The half-moon over the bridge
Pervading lightness



shorter form:
The half-moon
Over the bridge
Pervading

Sandcastles

I’m still a kid
Playing on the shores
Of the unknown

Basics

If one can’t talk
About moon and stars
How would love burst

Perception

One sees his age
In others’ eyes
And wind changes

The Ghost

A ghost on the bridge
Between two passing moments
Looking for a face

Miscount

A table for two
Dominates the whole dwelling
A setting for one

Fragility

A life ended
Before it begun
Love’s scarcity