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		<title>Haiku Entries &#8211; May 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 15:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot air who else wants to rest? under the  dancing willow tree Namgay Wangdi(Thimphu) Construction workers are working this morning this night Sonam Palden(Thimphu) This is  my home town being greeted known faces Sonam Palden(Thimphu) Scorching afternoon sun roadside worker&#8217;s eyes Sonam Palden(Thimphu) Forgo sleep just for now come dance in your moon shadow super-moon [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hot air</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">who else wants to rest?</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">under the  dancing willow tree</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangdi(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Construction workers are working</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">this morning</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">this night</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is  my home town</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">being greeted</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">known faces</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Scorching afternoon sun</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">roadside worker&#8217;s</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">eyes</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Forgo sleep just for now</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">come dance in your moon shadow</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">super-moon beaming</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Daniel Collins(Olakha,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Sitting, my face relaxes</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">finally as worries melt</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">before this,whose face?</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Daniel Collins(Olakha,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Under the bright sun</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">the world is a shadow</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">an innocent child playing</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dorji Tashi(RTC,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Amidst the hullabaloo</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">sitting comfortably</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Bhutanese cinema</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">A thought makes sense</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">looking up</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">close to home</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>An old man rests</div>
<div>comforted under the shade</div>
<div>of an age old tree</div>
<div><em>Dorji Tashi(RTC,Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Interrupted their drink</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">waiting for change</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">from the shopkeeper</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden(Paro)</em></div>
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		<title>Haiku Entries- April 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An old man rests comforted under the shade of an age old tree Dorji Tashi(RTC,Thimphu) Interrupted their drink waiting for change from the shopkeeper Sonam Palden(Paro) A white woolen scarf it was her parting gift that day, covering her head Sonam Palden(Thimphu) Earth day ponderings peaceful g.n.h country why so much garbage? Daniel Collins(Olakha,Thimphu) Rain from [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: left;">An old man rests</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">comforted under the shade</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">of an age old tree</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Dorji Tashi(RTC,Thimphu)</em></div>
<div><span style="text-align: right;">Interrupted</span> their drink</div>
<div>waiting for change</div>
<div>from the shopkeeper</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden(Paro)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">A white woolen scarf</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">it was her parting gift</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">that day, covering her head</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Earth day ponderings</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">peaceful g.n.h country</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">why so much garbage?</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Daniel Collins(Olakha,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Rain from the Himalayas</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">this evening</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">on the pavement</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">No workers on the road</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">silence</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">sunshine</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">&#8220;Queen of the night&#8221;</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">a fragrant tree by the gate</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">she reminisces an old home</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Sun on the windowpane</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">reflection of a woman outside</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">chanting</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Dorji Tashi(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Pink blossom blizzard</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">swirling into rosy drifts</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">please wind, once more,please</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Daniel Collins(Olakha,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Thumping a nail on a  plank</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">thumping&#8230;.</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">&#8220;done!&#8221;</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">When her children are away</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">she must alone, walk this road</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">to the corner shop</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden(Paro)</em></div>
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		<title>Haiku Entries- March 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pink cherry blossoms wrinkled hands resist plucking from gnarled trunk, so fresh Daniel Collins(Olakha,Thimphu) When her children are away she must alone, walk this road to the corner shop Sonam Palden(Paro) Still complaining about the cold even the willows have fully bloomed Sonam Palden(Paro) It&#8217;s sunny but still cold a woman dressed for winter Sonam Palden(Paro) Relieved [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Pink cherry blossoms</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">wrinkled hands resist plucking</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">from gnarled trunk, so fresh</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Daniel Collins(Olakha,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DSC07417.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1389" title="SONY DSC" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DSC07417-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">When her children are away</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">she must alone, walk this road</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">to the corner shop</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden(Paro)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Still complaining about the cold</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">even the willows</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">have fully bloomed</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden(Paro)</em></div>
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<div>It&#8217;s sunny</div>
<div>but still cold</div>
<div>a woman dressed for winter</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden(Paro)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Relieved</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">the red sandles</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">my teacher meditates</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dorji Tashi(RTC, Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">So this is how</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">a peach tree sheds its blossoms</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">so unassumingly in the wind</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Under the warm sunlight</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">adjusting the strap of her hat</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">the back of a woman</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>An old man&#8217;s gnarled hand</div>
<div>reaches out from my worn sleeve</div>
<div>where are my glasses?</div>
<div><em>Daniel Collins (Olakha,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Haggardly, my face</div>
<div>in the cold, ruthless mirror</div>
<div>beckons &#8220;good morning.&#8221;</div>
<div><em>Daniel Collins (Olakha,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">From a neighbour&#8217;s balcony</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">my father&#8217;s truck, in the dark</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">leaving the driveway</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">The old wrinkled face</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">has many hidden</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">expressions</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Junu Chhetri(Ambient Cafe,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Snow outside</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">upon every expression</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">cold speaks of warmth</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Dorji Tashi(Thimphu)</em></div>
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		<title>Haiku Entries-February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My father&#8217;s truck in the dark leaving the driveway from a neighbour&#8217;s balcony Sonam Palden(Thimphu) The old wrinkled face has many hidden expressions Junu Chhetri(Ambient Cafe,Thimphu) Snow outside upon every expression cold speaks of warmth Dorji Tashi(Thimphu) Understanding the want of his thirsty dog love is the language Junu Chhetri( Ambient Cafe, Thimphu) Colourful paper [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: center;">My father&#8217;s truck in the dark</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">from a neighbour&#8217;s balcony</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">The old wrinkled face</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">has many hidden</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Snow outside</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">upon every expression</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">cold speaks of warmth</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dorji Tashi(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Understanding the want</div>
<div>of his thirsty dog</div>
<div>love is the language</div>
<div><em>Junu Chhetri( Ambient Cafe, Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Colourful paper dragons</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">cheerful faces</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">happy losar!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Junu Chhetri( Ambient Cafe, Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Longingly searching</div>
<div>for a familiar face?</div>
<div>his long lost father</div>
<div><em>Junu Chhetri( Ambient Cafe, Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Windy afternoon</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">wondering what dreams</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">i must have had?</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Late sun</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">reflecting off the brown</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">of the muddy path</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Lines of puddles</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">made even more finer</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">the sun departing</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div>The crippled puppy</div>
<div>made its way to me</div>
<div>sunshine</div>
<div>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">The TV on</span></div>
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<div>family</div>
<div>around the bukhari</div>
<div><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The river flows</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">in a narrow gorge</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">grey stones</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Leafless trees</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">in columns</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">their silhouette</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC07024.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1331" title="SONY DSC" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC07024-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<div>Early morning rays</div>
<div>hitting frosted grass</div>
<div>The ground encrusted in jewels</div>
<div><em>Dorji Penjor (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Eating an omlette</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">&#8220;squirt&#8221;</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">The oil hits my face</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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		<title>Haiku Entries-January 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early morning rays hitting frosted grass The ground encrusted in jewels Dorji Penjor (Thimphu) Eating an omlette &#8220;squirt&#8221; The oil hits my face Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu) Trying to notice everything prayer flags floating in the night sky Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu) Not hearing the pigeons on the roof for days, the snowy mountain Sonam Palden (Thimphu) Four trees [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: right;">&#8220;squirt&#8221;</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">The oil hits my face</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Trying to notice everything</div>
<div>prayer flags</div>
<div>floating in the night sky</div>
<div><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: left;">Not hearing</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">the pigeons on the roof</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">for days, the snowy mountain</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Four trees</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">overlook the zen garden</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">wind blows</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;"></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">For a while thinking</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">it was my father&#8217;s truck</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">half hidden on the driveway</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>The movie over</div>
<div>Ielts text book</div>
<div>touching the laptop</div>
<div><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">My sister</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">pouring curry in a cup</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">i walk over to her</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Snow falling</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">on a nearby mountain</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">the tired faces of road sweepers</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>In the busy street</div>
<div>a man turns, facing the sun</div>
<div>as pigeons scatter</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">The warmth gone</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">this cold winter&#8217;s night</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">everyone  near the embers</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Dorji Tashi (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: center;">From a distance roars</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">a big bird in the sky</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">the new domestic aircraft</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dorji Tashi (Thimphu)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">When the moon doesn&#8217;t brighten</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">dark nights</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">a flickering candle offers hope</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Dorji Tashi (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>The sun on my plate</div>
<div>in the form</div>
<div>of a chili</div>
<div><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">The cabinet from early days</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">with the broken glass window</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">still ugly</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden (Paro)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">looking out the window</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">stretching</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">prayer flags wave horizontally</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Clouds resting</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">on snowy peaks</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">the chukor mani chimes</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dorji Penjor (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Light in my brother&#8217;s house</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">newspapers</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">by the window</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Sky seems far away</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">faces nearby</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">seem more closer than they were</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Sky seems far away faces nearby seem more closer than they were Sonam Palden(Thimphu) A feeling of sickness an overturned leaf reminds me of my sister Dorji Tashi Thimphu) The sun is bright my mood is good does it depend on the weather? Junu Chetri (Ambient Cafe,Thimphu) Anything that is good [...]]]></description>
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<div>Sky seems far away</div>
<div>faces nearby</div>
<div>seem more closer than they were</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">A feeling of sickness</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">an overturned leaf</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">reminds me of my sister</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Dorji Tashi Thimphu)</em></div>
<div>The sun is bright</div>
<div>my mood is good</div>
<div>does it depend on the weather?</div>
<div><em>Junu Chetri (Ambient Cafe,Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Anything that is good</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">makes me want to share</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">with my son</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Junu Chetri (Ambient Cafe,Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>The day she came visiting</div>
<div>in a pink sweater</div>
<div>the widow by the riverside</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden (Paro)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Leaves fall</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">yet eachtime they fall</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">in bunches</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Paro)</em></div>
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<div>Waking up</div>
<div>in the stillness of the cold</div>
<div>somebody splitting wood</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Wintry evening</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">sidewalk</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">lit by the butcher&#8217;s shop</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Soap water runs again</div>
<div>down the outflow drain</div>
<div>mystery dwellers</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Night sheds</div>
<div>a beauty</div>
<div>the lonely moon</div>
<div><em>Dorji Tashi (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Voices</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">from a neighbour&#8217;s party</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">past those darkened trees</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Hot water in the mug</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">has so quickly turned cold</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">it truly is winter</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Silent house</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">unpacking</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">a sweater that was mended</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>The house</div>
<div>somewhat different</div>
<div>after days of being away</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Under those big rocks</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">closed and compact</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">are those my thoughts?</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dorji Tashi (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Hot afternoon</div>
<div>a man rests</div>
<div>under a tree&#8217;s dappled light</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under those big rocks closed and compact are those my thoughts? Dorji Tashi (Thimphu) Hot afternoon a man rests under a tree&#8217;s dappled light Sonam Palden(Thimphu) Late sun through the window the children have deserted the kitchen Sonam Palden(Thimphu) Cloudless winter sky over the mountains the peach tree is barren D Penjor (Thimphu) In the [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Under those big rocks</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">closed and compact</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">are those my thoughts?</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hot afternoon</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">a man rests</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">under a tree&#8217;s dappled light</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Late sun through the window</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">the children</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">have deserted the kitchen</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Cloudless winter sky</div>
<div>over the mountains</div>
<div>the peach tree is barren</div>
<div><em>D Penjor (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">In the sunlight</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">arranging papers</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">and filing them</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Her silhouette on the gate</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">lit by a passing car</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">as we part ways</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Yellow leaves</div>
<div>crowd the asphalt</div>
<div>the kitchen window</div>
<div><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The stars</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">it&#8217;s been a long time</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">my brother&#8217;s towels</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk(Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Far into the night</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">the sound of accidently</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">stepping  on a tin cup</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Flashing it&#8217;s colours</div>
<div>an autumn tree</div>
<div>in the cold evening wind</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">On the murky dishwater</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">floats</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">traces of cake and biscuits</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Faint light patterns</div>
<div>in the room</div>
<div>always they come announced</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>Once a young girl</div>
<div>even if  it&#8217;s merely ashes</div>
<div>old diaries</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden (Paro)</em></div>
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<div>Even if i care</div>
<div>what does it matter?</div>
<div>society is not lonely without me</div>
<div>Neten Chhetri(Bangkok)</div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">a candle lit moment</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">everybody is silent</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">the warm bukhari</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Hungry</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">from all the sleep</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">the chocolate from my mother</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">A rattling school bus</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">sends afloat roadside leaves</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">the street is quiet again</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rattling school bus sends afloat roadside leaves the street is quiet again Sonam Palden (Thimphu) Conversations moments of silence warm smiles Tshering Dorji  (Punakha) Sun dancing on the river birds chirping along the valley the cow herder couldn&#8217;t careless Tshering Dorji  (Punakha) Friend seen in a mirror which one is real? - maybe neither [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: center;">the street is quiet again</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Conversations</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">moments of silence</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">warm smiles</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Tshering Dorji  (Punakha)</em></div>
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<div>Sun dancing on the river</div>
<div>birds chirping along the valley</div>
<div>the cow herder couldn&#8217;t careless</div>
<div><em>Tshering Dorji  (Punakha)</em></div>
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<div>Friend seen in a mirror</div>
<div>which one is real?</div>
<div>- maybe neither</div>
<div><em>Shenphen Zangpo (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">the autumn sky</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">mother&#8217;s flowers</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">sunlight</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div>taking out the garbage</div>
<div>my brother smiles at me</div>
<div>i smile back</div>
<div><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">morning light</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">on the plant</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">a clear shadow</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Doors banging</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">and children playing<br />
after i hang laundry</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Just his back</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">walking down the shady path<br />
the bill under the door</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Thimphu)</em></div>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refreshing After a full day of classes Dutch canals Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands) Once again on the street Joining many other staggering feet Another day has ended Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands) One hand in his pocket My old professor leaning on the door Smoking his ciggarette Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands) Waiting at [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: left;">After a full day of classes<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Once again on the street</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Joining many other staggering feet<br />
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</div>
<div>One hand in his pocket</div>
<div>My old professor leaning on the door<br />
Smoking his ciggarette</div>
<div><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
<div><em><br />
</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DSC008041.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1159" title="Tram stop" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DSC008041-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Waiting at the tram stop</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Snow is starting to fall<br />
Sticky hands full of cheetos</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Back and forth</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Arguments continue<br />
All student&#8217;s e-mail</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden  (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Behind her</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">The sunset<br />
Lighting up her smile</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">&#8220;Trouble you can&#8217;t fool me&#8221;</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">A song in my head<br />
From last week</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Walking in China town</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Freezing cold<br />
and smell of food</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">The forceful wind</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Trying to break in<br />
Cold winters night</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">Another breath,</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">Another death.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">Born</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: right;"><em><br />
</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Paddy fields and cattle</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Cottages and coconut trees<br />
Cosy Gelephu</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">I see the trees bend</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">But behind this window pane<br />
I can&#8217;t feel the wind</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Chandra DeNap (New Jersey, USA)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em><br />
</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div>
</div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="text-align: center;">This rainy  morning<br />
The world opens herself<br />
Possibilities</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Chandra DeNap (New Jersey, USA)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em><br />
</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Do you know any happy couple?<br />
Oh, yes i do..<br />
They lie to eachother</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sherab Jamtsho (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em><br />
</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">An empty shrine</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">deserted by the owner&#8217;s</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">thirst for inner peace</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em><br />
</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: right;">Looking out of a window<br />
an uproar&#8230;<br />
coming back</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">In a golden landscape</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">a lonely tree quivers</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">with the wind</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Neten Chhetri (Thimphu)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">No matter how old i am</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">I am still a school boy</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">in the eyes of my mother</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sherab Jamtsho (Thimphu)</em></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Sitting under the sun</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Four legs scamper towards me</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Dog?</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">A still figure</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">High up on the hill exude</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Golden reflections</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Kinley Tshering (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Surfing through TV channels</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Comes across Zee News</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">“Breaking News”, always!</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Terrible hope</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Worthless tomorrows</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Only now matters</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Noam Lemish (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div>
<div>Only holding hands</div>
<div>Just holding you</div>
<div>Home</div>
<div><em>Noam Lemish (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div><em><br />
</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: left;">Two haikus done</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">My sore heart serenaded</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Words and music</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Noam Lemish (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">400 pages on emptiness:</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">an oxymoron</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">that I thoroughly enjoy</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Noam Lemish (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Looking, but why?</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Wishing, not wise.</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">Hope is suffering.</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Noam Lemish (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Today, my mind is a desert storm</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">sand blowing every which way.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Tomorrow?</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Noam Lemish (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Another breath</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Another death</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Born again</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Noam Lemish (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div><em><br />
</em></div>
<p style="text-align: left;">Hens in an avairy<br />
a man chooses one<br />
tshethar</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Thought of writing a haiku for the day<br />
just got perplexed<br />
forget it</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tshering Dorji (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">In chilly wintry months<br />
I appreciate my consistency<br />
Of being late for work!</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Brother running half naked,<br />
His son calling him&#8230;<br />
Tshachu</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Gelephu )</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Dancing white flakes<a href="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tn.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-68" title="tn" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tn.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="151" /></a><br />
happy children in snow<br />
a puppy whining..</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Peaceful gurma from a player<br />
the melody reverberating<br />
across Mongar town</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tshering Dorji (Mongar)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Gurma in melodious tune<br />
a feeling of silence&#8230;<br />
while my neck aches</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Tshering Dorji (Mongar)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/13749_207732066694_664026694_3609127_5528350_n1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1158" title="Neighbour's porch" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/13749_207732066694_664026694_3609127_5528350_n1-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Snow on a neighbour&#8217;s porch<br />
Looking deserted and sad<br />
Waiting for it&#8217;s owner&#8217;s return</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Cell phone timer on 15 minutes,<br />
Soft cushion, legs crossed, back straight,<br />
Meditation</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Druksel Dorji (Seattle,USA)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Snowboarding down the slope,<br />
Fast, a bump and i lose balance,<br />
Face plant</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Druksel Dorji (Seattle, USA)</em></p>
<p>Raindrops on the window pane,<br />
Freshly brewed coffee,<br />
Awake</p>
<p><em>Druksel Dorji (Seattle,USA)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/warmth.4z7w9tvqxp4w80cc8c4040okk.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th_.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1160" title="warmth" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/warmth.4z7w9tvqxp4w80cc8c4040okk.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th_-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Cold silent night,<br />
Iconic Space Needle,<br />
Fireworks, Happy New Year</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Druksel Dorji (Seattle,USA)</em></p>
<p>31st December, 8:30 AM<br />
Oh late! rush for a wash, through the window<a href="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/old_window.aghwkxg3jrk8cgkwc8gk40s8w.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th_.jpeg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1156" title="Old Window" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/old_window.aghwkxg3jrk8cgkwc8gk40s8w.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th_-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><br />
Snow, holiday!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>                                                    Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A svelte lady, pencil heels<br />
Mincing on winter&#8217;s asphalt road<br />
Ouch! sprained ankle</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">stuck between<br />
sitting and standing&#8230;<br />
sunlight and shadows</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">the darkness curves<br />
into the night<br />
mountain road</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>KK Dorji (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">offering loud prayers<br />
to the night<br />
stray dogs</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>KK Dorji (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">all alone<br />
in star lit radiance<br />
a calm evening</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>KK Dorji (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><br />
</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Hopping happily from boulder to boulder<br />
A long hunter stick in hand<br />
Standing above the river, fish??</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In the arms of late afternoon shadow<br />
We stood freezing cold<br />
Sunlight far beyond</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Three large rounded stones, motionless<br />
Fire and smoke dancing within<br />
A river close by</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/u1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1161" title="u" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/u1-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Exchange of greetings with new year eve snow<br />
The changangkha lhakhang to visit<br />
Still cuddled in bed, wondering&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In front- the swiftly flowing shrunken river<br />
Beside-big white bad stones on fire<br />
Surrounding-ever green trees</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tshering Dolkar (Thimphu)</em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[31st December, 8:30 AM Oh late! rush for a wash, through the window Snow, holiday! Karma CW (Thimphu) A svelte lady, pencil heels Mincing on winter&#8217;s asphalt road Ouch! sprained ankle Karma CW ( Thimphu) stuck between sitting and standing&#8230; sunlight and shadows Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu) the darkness curves into the night mountain road [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">31st December, 8:30 AM</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Oh late! rush for a wash, through the window</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Snow, holiday!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A svelte lady, pencil heels</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Mincing on winter&#8217;s asphalt road</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Ouch! sprained ankle</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Karma CW ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1066" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/13749_207493471694_664026694_3608362_4089929_n2-300x135.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="135" /><br />
</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">stuck between</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">sitting and standing&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">sunlight and shadows</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">the darkness curves</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">into the night</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">mountain road</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>KK Dorji ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">offering loud prayers</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">to the night</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">stray dogs</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>KK Dorji ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">all alone</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">in star lit radiance</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">a clam evening</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>KK Dorji ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">in the low clouds</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">over the mountains</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">a vast blue mind</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>KK Dorji ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">reading aloud</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">buddhist poetry</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">coolness</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>KK Dorji ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Dreaming of days</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">made of chillies</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">long and hot</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>KK Dorji ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">people vanish</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">leaving behind</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">the moon&#8217;s silver path</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>KK Dorji ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">down the stairs</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">falling she becomes</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">a rainbow</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>KK Dorji ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Pigeons on the roof,<br />
six of them&#8230;<br />
One is on the electric pole</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Sister washing her hair,<br />
In the wash basin&#8230;<br />
In the kitchen</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> faintly drifting<br />
a song<br />
from somebody&#8217;s window</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></p>
<p><em><br />
</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Desi in the rice cooker,<br />
Yellow and with raisins,<br />
Winter&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">An international conference<br />
In a grand 5 star hotel<br />
A talk on poverty reduction!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Karma CW (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Under the street lamps<br />
Like bevies of fire flies<br />
..Snowfall</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Nobody is a stranger</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Walking on the street</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">All  touched by snow</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Resting quietly<br />
snow on  roof tops<br />
smoke from a neighbour’s chimney</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden (Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A happy game of football<br />
In Thimphu&#8217;s wintry chill<br />
A terrible lumbago!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Karma CW ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">People of Siliguri,<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1009" title="letho_mag.241sf16bcwissc04gkgcc8kso.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/letho_mag.241sf16bcwissc04gkgcc8kso.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th-213x300.jpg" alt="letho_mag.241sf16bcwissc04gkgcc8kso.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th" width="213" height="300" /><br />
Dressed in their best<br />
As they exit the train in Kolkata</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Shenphen Zangpo ( Kolkata, India)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><br />
</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p style="text-align: center;">Bread, pizza, fruits, sandwiches and pastas,<br />
so called healthy food, on the table,<br />
and emadatshi on my mind.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Sherab Jamtsho (Costa Rica)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Yellow people,<br />
Yellow world,<br />
Through my yellow glass.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Sherab Jamtsho (Costa Rica)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Waiting for the trash truck,<br />
Child covered in sty-lo foam..<br />
Picture perfect</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Light from the corridor,<br />
Streaming into my room&#8230;<br />
Shadows on the ceiling</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">lamp posts in the night<br />
quietly glowing<br />
&#8230;&#8230;trees<br />
<em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden ( Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">A svelte damsel<br />
Like an agile daffodil<br />
An Adam’s apple!</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Karma C W (Thimphu)</em></p>
<div style="text-align: left;">Gathering the blankets,<br />
A cold winter sky,<br />
Yellow willow leaves..</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Cold feet,<br />
Grumbling stomach,<br />
Should i send this on my mind</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Tshering Dorji (Thimphu)</em></div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-996" title="broken_glass_bw.7sm5rd37b20w4kcws8gs8ocok.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/broken_glass_bw.7sm5rd37b20w4kcws8gs8ocok.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th-217x300.jpg" alt="broken_glass_bw.7sm5rd37b20w4kcws8gs8ocok.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th" width="217" height="300" />A little wind, rain and cold<br />
Winter…<br />
Ending of which brings spring<br />
<em>Yeshey Khando (Enschede, Netherlands)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Outside the window<br />
A leafless tree<br />
My father&#8217;s voice</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Sonam Palden ( Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
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Suddenly reminded<br />
Of my mother</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sonam Palden ( Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Friday night<br />
Drinking wine<br />
Autumn saying goodbye</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>S</em><em>onam Palden ( Den Haag, Netherlands)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">Under the wane tubelight,<br />
The picture of the Karmapa&#8230;<br />
Wonderful</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Resonance of the word &#8216;Yobo&#8217; in my ear,</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">The word I keep hearing from people,</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">A term for white skin in Benin</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sherab Jamtsho ( Benin, West Africa)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">A look of curiousity,</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-990" title="silent_thoughts_large.6dk0at52dykowsow84000wcg8.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th" src="http://www.deerparkthimphu.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/silent_thoughts_large.6dk0at52dykowsow84000wcg8.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th1-300x225.jpg" alt="silent_thoughts_large.6dk0at52dykowsow84000wcg8.594zrl0ettogcw0wkgwccgk80.th" width="300" height="225" />and then a shy smile,</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">A little African village girl</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Sherab Jamtsho ( Benin, West Africa)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">An tiny image of a boat and boatsman,</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">gets closer and closer,</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">A ten year old boatsgirl</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Sherab Jamtsho ( Benin, West Africa)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">jason mraz and james morrison,<br />
laptop in front,<br />
Sangay family&#8230;</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Nephew watches cartoons,<br />
I sit with my elbows on my knees,<br />
Phuentsholing&#8230;</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu)</em></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Neatly arranged<br />
A little small,<br />
but all the while&#8230;home&#8230;</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><em>Namgay Wangchuk ( Thimphu)</em></div>
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