As a latecomer to the cryptic art of Haiku, I am fascinated by this collection I came across after I photographed the amazing window cleaners of Abian residential apartments in Brisbane, Queensland.

skyscrapers
orchestrate the wind
window cleaners sing

Carol Jones, Wales

penthouse window
the cleanerman washes
the dirt from the sky

Serhiy Shpychenko, Ukraine

I quote from The Haiku Foundation and Kathy Munro “Haiku Windows—In the book Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem, editors Yamaguchi and Brooks quote David Lanoue ‘A haiku is a window’…” and an expressive compilation was born from a wide range of poets.

window washer
a drop away
from eternity

Peter Jastermsky

sunny morning
man’s shadow
on my desk

Slobodan Pupovac, Croatia

These beautiful, descriptive, short and humorous haiku poems gave me a look into the world of workers who have no need of an office. Their work is perhaps of a voyeuristic nature, they keep fit, can see completed job satisfaction—and obviously they are not afraid of heights.

perfect synchrony
the kitten’s head
and window cleaner’s sponge

Ingrid Baluchi, Uganda

window cleaner
in the museum pauses –
a Monet painting

Tomislav Maretic

There is a cute Haiku from an Aussie but I will let you find that one yourself—full compilation here:

https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-windows-window-cleaner/

❤ Gretchen Bernet-Ward