I.
Dribble in the lake
just a tiny drop of wine
and the sun goes out

VI.
Lost in the thoughts her
chest is feeling heavy still
in the mirror glass

IIX.
Night fell, the wind sears
separation's spreading out
making rotund waves

IX. Young Fate
A woman in the nude
when the pomegranate split
it was filled with stars

XI.
How can you collect
all the thousands pieces of
every human being

XIV.
Oh this pillar here
has an airy hole, can you
see Persephone?

XV.
All the world sinks down
hold on, 'cause it will leave you
in the sun alone

XVΙ.
You are writing the
ink is running out and the
sea is running up

Sexteen Haiku

Book of Exercises
Giorgos Seferis