Free Swedish Haiku V.

by Lars Granström



The old lady
wipes her window
I wave back



Den gamla damen
torkar sina fönster
jag vinkar tillbaka



Swedish version originally published in Tidskriften Haiku





resting
on three legs
three ducks


First published in Taj Mahal Review


Vilande
på tre ben
tre änder




Swedish version originally published in Fri Haiku

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| Lars Granström

Lars Granström was born in 1953, is a poet, librarian at Stockholms Public Library, and on the editorial staff of the Swedish online/paper magazine Fri Haiku. He has been published widely, for example in Lyrikvännen and IRIS haiku magazine .  Samples of his poetry are available online at World Haiku Association and in their journal World Haiku. His work has been translated into Japanese, English, Hungarian, Croatian, and Danish. Klockans återklang, his own translation of haiku poet Ozaki Hosai, came out in 2010. Granström’s book, Plötsligt slår blixten ned, was published in 2005. Both are available at Adlibris .