Deer Park Haiku
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Haiku Entries -March 2010
Posted on March 2nd, 2010 No commentsWater, Earth, Wind, FireBrutal use of the vitalNature strike backKinley Tshering (Thimphu)Driving down the laneOn a chilly rainy dayWet men on the bikeKinley Tshering (Thimphu)Upright and erectI sit still, my gaze on the floor-Is the earth shaking?Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)
Optic nerve pressure
Transsynaptic degeneration
Even grey matter dissapearsTshering Om (Thimphu)News of death
Fragility of this life
Just a matter of timeTshering Dorji (Brisbane, Australia)Shrubs planted
Pavements swept clean
Thimphu prepares for SAARC!Shenphen Zangpo ( Thimphu)Construction workers in dungarees
Says hello as i pass by
Roadside sandwich breakSonam Palden ( Den Haag, Netherlands)Vacate the empty building
Take a full vacation
Flow with the breathTshering Om ( Thimphu)How you hang there
In the middle of the vast night sky
Glowing crescent moonSonam Palden ( Den Haag, Netherlands)I have 50 yellow tulips in my room
I tell my mother
She sounds excitedSonam Palden ( Den Haag, Netherlands)Bird on the tree
As you spread your wings
So many beautiful coloursSonam Palden ( Den Haag, Netherlands)Railway cargo filled with cows
where are they going
stench of cow dung fills the airTshering Dorji ( Brisbane, Australia)Hand on the hem-lineA dog barksSilence….Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)Sea of facesIt’s harvest timeNo one is there!Tashi Tshering (Brisbane, Australia)One man, six fingersBroom sticks behind the doorMoves up and down!Tashi Tshering (Brisbane, Australia)Looked everywhere for my black towelTurned the wardrobe upside downSo innocently it stared spread over a black chairSonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)In the soundOf the rustling leavesShe stood motionlessTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)The cigarette case lay openOn his left handA glass of holy water touching his lipsTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)Shifting in the seatCloser to himBlown away by a powerful windTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)Upright she stoodTearful eyesBoys in merrimentTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)He standing before the crowd
Uttered“The wind taketh me far”Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)The doubted manIn holy black robe ever so longDrunk boys aroundTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)The young ladyHolding the old lady in empathyAll men scornfulTshering Dolkar (Thimphu)Drizzling cool rain, lover’s musicBut not mineA malfunctioning windscreen wiperKarma CW (Thimphu)The dust on the carLooks even thickerUnder the evening sunShenphen Zangpo (Himachal Pradesh)
“May I ask you a question?”- a new arrivaldisturbs my train of thoughtShenphen Zangpo (haiku workshop, Himachal Pradesh)
A strained face- a smileThe lady in brown produces a haikuShenphen Zangpo (haiku workshop, Himachal Pradesh)
Waitinglooking at what it ismy roomNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
Around the cornera prayer flagdancing in the windNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
Walking towards homea silhouette of a houseLhendruplingNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)
A man on his kneesrevere the Buddha as hisson prostrate to himKinley Tshering (Thimphu)
