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A SCENT OF
LONELINESS
Gabriel Rosenstock
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Haiku and Senryu in Irish, English, Scots, Japanese.
Poems inspired by public domain artwork.
Artwork is either in Public Domain or in Fair Use category, namely artwork
that is widely available on the internet (Wikimedia Commons, Pinterest,
Wikiart etc) and not used in this free ekphrastic haiku book for
commercial purpose.
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Gabriel Rosenstock is a bilingual poet, tankaist,
novelist, haikuist, short story writer, playwright,
essayist and translator.
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Published by Cross-Cultural Communications
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ISBN 978-0-89304-489-3
© Gabriel Rosenstock, 2022 (Texts in Irish, English)
© John McDonald, 2022 (Texts in Scots)
©Mariko Sumikura (Texts in Japanese)
Cover: "Loneliness Is Dangerous" by Ed Vebell (1955)
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Ed Vebell
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gray ceetie
reid ootrig . . .
the fume o laneliness
灰色の町赤
いドレス
寂しい香
cathair liath
gúna dearg . . .
boladh an uaignis
grey city
red dress . . .
scent of loneliness
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Hernán Pacheco Puig
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pree
o yin
whaes doverin
接吻す
眠りいたれる
女なれど
póg
ó dhuine
atá fá shuan
a kiss
from one
who is asleep
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Geraldine Theurot
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forgaitherin
wi a sheddae . . ..
bitter-sweet coffee
逢引は
ある影のひと
苦く甘い珈琲
coinne
le scáil . . .
caife searbhmhilis
rendezvous
with a shadow . . .
bitter-sweet coffee
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Gustave Doré
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a deid cuddie's
a deid cuddie . . .
naethin mair nor less
死せるラバ
死せるラバなり
それ以上でなく、以下でなく
miúil mharbh
is ea miúil mharbh . . .
sin an méid
a dead mule
is a dead mule . .
nothing more, nothing less
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