Robert Epstein
Born: 1954; New York City, USA
Resides: El Cerrito, CA.
Robert Epstein, a licensed psychologist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a published haiku poet and anthologist. An ethical vegan for 41 years, his latest book is, Turkey Heaven: Animal Rights Haiku; and, with Miriam Wald, he co-edited, Every Chicken, Cow, Fish, and Frog: Animal Rights Haiku.
Web: http://www.deathawarenesshaiku.blogspot.com
checkout time is noon
I turn in the key
and everything else
Robert Epstein, Checkout Time is Noon: Death Awarenes Haiku, 2012
the phantom
limb of believing
war is over
Notes from the Gean, 17, 2013
cathedral quiet
in the closet
where she hides
Modern Haiku, 43.3, Autumn 2012
60th birthday
I pass on
the blue suede shoes
LSA - October 2016
w/o a gun
it’s a different
conversation
Modern Haiku, 41.2, Summer 2010
after the interview the spin cycle
bottle rockets
basset hound her gift to me imaginary
Frogpond, 36:1, 2013
i too am a headstone
Modern Haiku, 45.2, Summer 2014
christmas requires some assembly
Modern Haiku, 45.2, Summer 2014
New Year’s Day
mother refreshes
her old complaints
Modern Haiku, 39.2, Summer 2008
cremation?
I’d rather burn
in hell
Modern Haiku, 41.3, Autumn 2010
you and me and our 60 watt life
Modern Haiku, 44.2, Summer 2013
making a cup
of green tea
doesnʼt stop the war
Modern Haiku, 40.3, Autumn 2009
toll collector
the old man already
in his young face
Modern Haiku, 42.1, Winter-Spring 2011
not a dent
after surgery and radiation
in her delusions
bottle rockets, #28, 2013
picking lint
out of the dryer
this short life
bottle rockets, #30, 2014
enlightenment give it a rest
bottle rockets, #30, 2014
climbing down
the mountain of forever
one now at a time
LSA - October 2016; (after Emily Dickinson)
broken promises
I go to pieces
on a big rock
Robert Epstein, A Walk Around Spring Lake, 2012
one
by
one
un-
nailing the story of my life
i
climb
off
the
cross
Lilliput Review
home alone
I enter the crawl space
of a younger self
bottle rockets, 33, 2015
on and on
about impermanence
the recent Buddhist convert
bottle rockets, #25, 2011
first day off
what would I be doing
at work right now
bottle rockets, #20, 2009
a lifetime
of pain
in his hello
bottle rockets, #18, 2008
after the shower
all the hair
that used to be mine
bottle rockets, #17, 2007
hospice ––
the humorist leaves
but not my friend’s mother
bottle rockets, #16, 2007