frunze
uscate –
brăţara
de chihlimbar
se
reflectă-n râu
***
târg
de vechituri -
printre
frunze gălbui
un
ibric de-aramă
***
merele
pe masă –
biroul
lui Tolstoi
acoperit
cu sticlă
"A haiku is not a poem, it is not literature; it is a hand becoming, a door half-opened, a mirror wiped clean." (Haiku: Eastern Culture, 1949, Volume One, p. 243., Translations and commentary by Reginald H. Blyth)