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HERE AND NOW: A SELECTION OF HAIKU
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HERE AND NOW : A SELECTION OF HAIKU
Ram Krishna Singh
awakealone on the house topa sparrow
a fish taildried up in river mud:burning smell
sun risewithout newspapers:post-chhat rest
hovers to the samemarigold I pluck for goda green butterfly
turn into rivernon-existing roads:hudhud waves
counting sandbetween the toesmy daughter at sea
her namewritten on the sand:a wave breaks
empty coffee cupsderide the syllablesI spin to make haiku
my hairs in airreveal the baldness:wank without wad
hidden between the sheetsmy smothered senses—salted honey
slowly rising
from the clouds edgesautumn sun
a sleeping snakecurled between the eggs—layers of leaves
my hairs in air
reveal the baldness:wank without wad
hidden between the sheetsmy smothered senses—
salted honey
slowly rising
from the clouds edgesautumn sun
a sleeping snakecurled between the eggs—layers of leaves
lying listlesson withered creepera golden bird
a yellow snake sneaksthrough the blooming balsams bed
a lone frog puffs up
a drop embeddedin the half-opened bud—winter morning
driftingin the night’s silencenoon’s shadow
the skywithout a shadowon the earth
wheezing his wayto Shiva’s hilly abodea young miner
potholes:spots of sunshinewobble
dreaming her nudethe serpent rises:first orgasm
cloning miracleswith the night’s discharge
in condoms
late night sleepno lotus in the dream—Chinese garden
fallen mangoesafter the midnight storm—morning drizzles
stars twinklingthe beetle’s pathfrom manure
stench of burning leavesmounts with fog in the eveningasthmatic breathing
swollen fogready to make wayfor the sun
wrapped in fogthe flying planeseen by sound
standing behindthe window bars observesshapes in fog
feels the shadowwith wet fingers on the beach:sound through the fog
when sleepless poetryfails to negotiate nightI wait for white dreams
among the white hairsa solitary black onekeeps her hope alive
night washes the sky–the sun brings morning freshnessto my window
foam-maned wavesrise in the mind’s hush:sinking dome
the wax dripsdown the long hard candle–a soft hum
her facereflecting lighta mirror
with failed wordsseek immortalitywrite haiku
a vague smilein moonless cave:tempting silence
a load of woodon her frail back–autumn evening
waiting for the trainalone on the platformswatting mosquitoes
musky perfumeopen unsleeping eyes–drowsy sweetness
with changing weatherthey look for sun and shade both:chameleon tune
It’s utter helplessnesstrue, but to surviveone must be tamed
sparrows coupleon a withered creeper–peep of day
etched on her skina ghost rises from the flames:fighting one more day
taking a napon oranges in his shop–a fruit vendor
two women argueover price and weight of fish:the hapless huckster
dragons play whirlwindamong the clouds meet & rainunite earth & sky
the red light is on:they all have secrets to hideno use peeping in
a yellow spidercrouching in a cornerinvisible webs
moving shadowson the door curtain:sinking sun
virtual flirtinguntamed straggly bushes–dystopia
non-stop rainconfining me to facebook–depression
virtual flirtinguntamed straggly bushes—dystopia
between the lanternand the smart phonea pizza-eating girl
etched on her skina ghost rises from the flames:fighting one more day
from the ruinsrises a mute flame:heaven’s song
her veilhides the facelove too
in silenceone with the divine willgrowing within
a quiet turning into partake of her silence:roaring ocean
evening sky:a pale moon behindlistless trees
rises drowsilyafter a sleepless nighta sick sun
Copyright: Ram Krishna Singh, India