Deer Park Haiku
A Centre for Art and Contemplation
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Haiku Entries-January 2012
Posted on January 3rd, 2012 No commentsEarly morning rayshitting frosted grassThe ground encrusted in jewelsDorji Penjor (Thimphu)Eating an omlette“squirt”The oil hits my faceNamgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)Trying to notice everythingprayer flagsfloating in the night skyNamgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)Not hearingthe pigeons on the rooffor days, the snowy mountainSonam Palden (Thimphu)Four treesoverlook the zen gardenwind blowsNamgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)For a while thinkingit was my father’s truckhalf hidden on the drivewaySonam Palden(Thimphu)
The movie overIelts text booktouching the laptopNamgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)My sisterpouring curry in a cupi walk over to herNamgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)Snow fallingon a nearby mountainthe tired faces of road sweepersSonam Palden(Thimphu)In the busy streeta man turns, facing the sunas pigeons scatterSonam Palden (Thimphu)The warmth gonethis cold winter’s nighteveryone near the embersDorji Tashi (Thimphu)From a distance roarsa big bird in the skythe new domestic aircraftDorji Tashi (Thimphu)When the moon doesn’t brightendark nightsa flickering candle offers hopeDorji Tashi (Thimphu)The sun on my platein the formof a chiliNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)The cabinet from early dayswith the broken glass windowstill uglySonam Palden (Paro)
looking out the windowstretchingprayer flags wave horizontallyNamgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)Clouds restingon snowy peaksthe chukor mani chimesDorji Penjor (Thimphu)Light in my brother’s housenewspapersby the windowNamgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)Sky seems far awayfaces nearbyseem more closer than they wereSonam Palden(Thimphu)
