Water spider tanka

a water spider
gently moving on still water
lets the ripples fade
before reaching the shore
where we used to be


Banjarnegara, September 22, 2009

Good time tanka

en route
tiny flowers in my garden
cheerfully glimpse
longing for good times
I used to share with you


Banda Aceh-Jakarta-Jogjakarta, September 14, 2009

Familiar faces tanka

transit lounge
every image on the wall
radiates
familiar faces
I would never leave


Banda Aceh-Jakarta-Jogjakarta, September 14, 2009

Flood within haiku

sunny day drizzle
pouring down on the taxiway
flood within me

Banda Aceh-Jakarta-Jogjakarta, September 14, 2009

Smoldering dream haiku

dawn--
I see my dream
smoldering


Lampineung, September 13, 2009

Reason to leave tanka

last talk
too short to remember
so why bother
asking again and again
for another reason to leave?


Lampineung, September 13, 2009

Flight home tanka

all stuff packed
ready for a flight home
by the gate
I glance at the fences
that keep my poems


Lampineung, September 13, 2009

Morning shower tanka

morning shower
the mist gone thru the vent
in solitary, I wonder
whereabout outside this shell
all good companies


Jakarta, September 10, 2009

Dried up daisies tanka

how can you
stay out of my reach
the daisies dried up
and I am stuck on this page
of my live journal


Lampineung, September 6, 2009

Sneeze haiku

for Liana Munir

autumn wind
checks me thru the curtain
sneeze

Lampineung, September 6, 2009

Drop of the moon haiku

alone again
i taste a drop of the moon
in my ginger tea

Lampineung, September 6, 2009

Killing the time haiku

sunday night
two friends killing the time
the full moon and I

Lampineung, September 6, 2009

Lost word tanka

i lost the word
that makes a poem
complete
as I can't find you
when you're around


Medan, September 5, 2009

Dinner by the pool haiku

dinner by the pool
a breeze rubs my back
chills my dish


Medan, September 5, 2009

Lonely moon haiku

cloudy night
the moon lonely sails
the swimming pool


Medan, September 5, 2009

A bucket of rain haiku

evening breeze
comes for dinner with
a bucket of rain

Medan, September 4, 2009

Dancing leaf haiku

on the tarmac road
a fallen leaf tap dancing
in black shoe


Lampineung, September 2, 2009

Fallen leaves haiku

autumn journey--
falling leaf
.
.
.
fallen leaves


Banda Raya, September 1, 2009