Deer Park Haiku
A Centre for Art and Contemplation
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Haiku Entries – August 2010
Posted on August 2nd, 2010 No commentsLooks like it is snowing..From my window..It’s rainingNamgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)Heart Beats SteadySpace Between BeatsThere is MovementJoseph Farsakh(California, U.S)Heart Beats SteadyEmpty Between BeatsUnion in SilenceJoseph Farsakh(California, U.S)From the back seatOf the car…Smell of breadSonam Palden(St.Quentin,France)Rows of treesWhizzing by…Vast blue skySonam Palden(On the Highway,France)Morning mistAt the gas station…Line of carsSonam Palden(France)Wind sweepingThe sun on the trees…Here and thereSonam Palden(On the Highway,France)
Geese and their youngHissing demanding their right to beOn the biking pathUte(Iceland)My mindRequiring quietnessWithout feeling aloneUte(Iceland)Redshank restingOn one legOn the lanternUte(Iceland)Like a mirrorCan i see myselfIn your eyesUte(Iceland)
Sun settingMoon risingMost beautifulUte(Iceland)SittingReading attentivelySucking in the newUte(Iceland)After days of full contactThere is need for the mindTo recoverUte(Iceland)The young ploversSo innocentYet full of intuitionUte(Iceland)Sunny spots on the wallSlowly disappearingYes, earth is rotatingUte(Iceland)Remembering youAlways thankfulGlad you were my motherJunu (Thimphu)Good memoriesSad feelingsHaunted by my thoughtsJunu(Thimphu)
Time passedFeelingsNever changeJunu(Thimphu)Off to the streetDisappearing into the crowdWill you ever change?Junu(Thimphu)People planningAttempt changesNo movement!Junu (Thimphu)Noise of a brookA pleasent surpriseMagicTshering Dorji(Brisbane,Australia)Sleepy eyesThreatening mosquitoSensitive earsTshering Dorji(Brisbane,Australia)Morning mistStill asleep…Wild flowersSonam Palden (Dordogne, France)My mother’s garden..in full blooma cloudy skyNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
Sun measures the skyAnd her work is doneBut our life is shortenedChoten Duba (Thimphu)The copper bumpaSo beautifulYet so simpleNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)Writer in the dark…at the breakfast tableWritingSonam Palden (Bob’s Hostel, Amsterdam)Buses come and goAlso leaving….The fruit vendorSonam Palden (Mandi, India)Two pilgrimsReturning….Misty daySonam Palden(Rewalsar,India)At the airportSeeing off her daughterIn her new sweaterSonam Palden (Paro)
The room emptiesThe chatter drifts awayOnly the smell of socks remainsShenphen Zangpo (Thimphu)Fallen apart
Broken heartLife is hardDorji Tashi (Thimphu)Cool breezeFluttering prayer flagsI feel enlightenedDorji Tashi (Thimphu)Above heavenBeneath hellIn the middle an undecided manDorji Tashi (Thimphu)Everyone is helpingNo ones left without a fillTrue GNH prevails.Dorji Tashi (Thimphu)A cloud in the sky!
Like a stroke of a paintbrush..
Hangs by itselfNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
The cool mountain breezeReplemishes me physicallyI rest my mindTsherin’ D Tenzin (Thimphu)- Sun dancing on leaves
- Flowers bowing down
- My pain has gone
- Sangay Tenzin (Thimphu)
The mood changes..At the chortenWith dark cloudNamgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)Om mani padme hung
Blown here by the winds
Far away a shrine barely in sightDorji Tashi (Thimphu)
