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Haiku Entries – July 2009
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 No commentsWaking from a dream
I walk unsteadily
Into anotherChandra DeNap (Thimphu)
Rain falling in the gutter
Ripples come and go
Sad goodbyesSonam Palden (Thimphu)
In the wilderness
Choices emerge
An old friendNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
Norah Jones’ smoky voice
Drifts through the evening breeze
The tree outside my window enchants meSonam Palden (Thimphu)
The mummer of talk
From behind me in class
HaikuNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
The auburn sky
The snow covered peak
SilenceNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
Waft of cold morning air on my face
A hand waving from a moving car
I feel the sadness of falling leavesChimi Seldon (Thimphu)
I am falling to earth
My body comes apart on the wind
This is my haikuFiona Stedl (Thimphu – dedicated to H.E. Situ Rinpoche, who said that expecting someone to stay mindful in the bardo was like chucking them out of a plane window and asking them to compose a haiku on the way down)
Five crows leave the tree
Second time this morning
Where did the sun go?Fiona Stedl (Thimphu – morning of a solar eclipse)
Snow falls on my tent
Inside, it’s warm
Where did I leave my boots?Fiona Stedl (Thimphu)
Leaves falling
Not a breath of wind
The monkeys are with usFiona Stedl (Thimphu)
Morning leaves sad
As the bright morning
Plunges into darknessSonam Palden (Thimphu – morning of a solar eclipse)
Life and death
Come together
One full circle in the skySonam Palden (Thimphu – morning of a solar eclipse)
Barks, howls and chirps going awry
The dogs and the birds wonder
Is it night or dawn?Sonam Palden (Thimphu – morning of a solar eclipse)
Birds chirping, the morning was ordinary.
Darkness intruding, cameras appearing,
Sliver and mote, solar eclipse did I seeNeten Chhetri (Thimphu)
Phone call
The conversation cut
– 11PMNeten Chhetri (Thimphu)
The azure gleam
The sky is different
A child walks byNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
Dark clouds looming from the mountain south of Thimphu
I watch my breath on the windowpane
Scared!Chimi Seldon (Thimphu)
In the warm still night
In the upper Himalayan mountains
Mosquitoes busyTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
Driving past
The vast hot and dry concrete jungle
I enter into
Light drizzle and thick forest surroundingTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
My eyes feasting
On the pink and red rhododendron all around
A brown yak appearsTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
In the air
A sudden wave of heat
Heart chilledTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)
Looked here, looked there, looked everywhere.
Disheartened, we lost it that night,
Excited we found it next morningNeten Chhetri (Thimphu)
Haiku, when i look right,
haiku, when i look left,
it’s haiku everywhere i look.
have i become one?Nirage Rai (Thimphu)
Grass and small bushes are uprooted,
holes dug out,
insects killed and rendered homeless..
a tree is plantedNirage Rai (Thimphu)
The moment has come,
people have gathered..
it’s time for a game of cardsNirage Rai (Thimphu)
Thoughts go passing,
i keep sitting,
wondering..
is that haiku?Nirage Rai (Thimphu)
In the wide blue sky just a cloud
in poor plant drought,
no bugNuno Ferreira (Lisbon, Portugal)
They play all day long
Little hearts drumming carefree
Who needs Play Station?Maxine Ain (USA)
Feel like wan bi,
people making fun of me,
I forget that the sun is shiningNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
The rain in Dhaka
Brings a whiff of the fish and the sea
I long to see the oceanSonam Palden (Dhaka, Bangladesh)Softly, the leaves flutter
In late afternoon light
On my bedroom wallSonam Palden (Dhaka, Bangladesh)Relaxing
In swirling traffic
To the musical squeaks of the rickshaw wheelsSonam Palden (Dhaka, Bangladesh)10th of july… a hotter sunny day
Intense rays overhead….
global warming we’ve created…Semon Neeopaney (Thimphu)
Slow Yanni music,
Hot Sun,
I am lazy after lunchNeten Chhetri (Thimphu)
Steaming masala chai on the roadside
together with the smell of muck
the ground still wet from the rainSonam Palden (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
People pass by,
here i sit.
aloneNirage Rai (Thimphu)
Cool wind blowing
sun sets behind the mountains
it’s the end of the dayNirage Rai (Thimphu)
Paddyfield
Rain
TrashichoedzongLetho (Thimphu)
With a heavy heart
I prayed for your departure
from a never returning journey
Junu (Thimphu)
I am orphaned
from the time
you took your last breatheJunu (Thimphu)
Drenched with the rain,
I am glad
It washed away old memoriesJunu (Thimphu)
Where is peace?
Every where and no where
We createNeten Chhetri (Thimphu)
Hide and seek,
Life and death,
Circle of lifeNeten Chhetri (Thimphu)
Shocked, the world mourns Michael Jackson
Unnoticed, millions cry in hunger
– reality in the 21st centuryDave (Swansea, UK)
Barely awake,
tossing and turning,
Different coloured lights stream into the roomNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
My room is filled with softness
As i sit and watch
My curtains drape the wind.Sonam Palden (Thimphu)
A new life
Plops out of a mother’s womb
I think i felt my first breath!Sonam Palden (Thimphu)
Chilly morning breeze
Silent river
A lonely soul finally homeChimi Seldon (Thimphu)
Endearing like a girl ripe in her nubility
Fresh and tender like the smell of peach
This is life for nowChimi Seldon (Thimphu)