Ten Tango Haiku

Ten Tango Haiku

By Kyoko Richter (translated by Fred Richter)

Dancing the tango on a spring day,

Blond hair

Flowing over her shoulders.

Off with sneakers,

On with dance shoes –

Lilacs in bloom around the house.

A chill on the lilacs –

A small first step
On a night of tango.

Slender shoulders on a

Hazy spring night –

Tango music.

The spring moon, faint --

Hand in hand

Toward the moving circle of dancers.

Last night's tango music

Still in my ears:

Picking flowering salad greens.

Columbine buds

Pointing toward the heavens –

Young girls dancing.

Deep spring --

Two women

Dance the tango!

Outside,

Tango music behind,

The scent of roses.

Almost summer –

A small room,

The quick beat of the milonga.