Looked everywhere for my black towel
Turned the wardrobe upside down
So innocently it stared spread over a black chair
Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)
In the sound
Of the rustling leaves
She stood motionless
Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
The cigarette case lay open
On his left hand
A glass of holy water touching his lips
Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
Shifting in the seat
Closer to him
Blown away by a powerful wind
Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
Upright she stood
Tearful eyes
Boys in merriment
Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
He standing before the crowd

Uttered
“The wind taketh me far”
Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
The doubted man
In holy black robe ever so long
Drunk boys around
Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
The young lady
Holding the old lady in empathy
All men scornful
Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
Drizzling cool rain, lover’s music
But not mine
A malfunctioning windscreen wiper
Karma CW (Thimphu)
The dust on the car
Looks even thicker
Under the evening sun
Shenphen Zangpo (Himachal Pradesh)
“May I ask you a question?”
- a new arrival
disturbs my train of thought
Shenphen Zangpo (haiku workshop, Himachal Pradesh)
A strained face
- a smile
The lady in brown produces a haiku
Shenphen Zangpo (haiku workshop, Himachal Pradesh)
Waiting
looking at what it is
my room
Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)