Showing posts with label Solitary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Solitary. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Silently haiga

How many haiku can you write about plum blossoms?

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Washing dishes tanka sequence

1/
washing dishes
after a dinner for two
the hissing from the sink
sounds like nice words
we no longer mean to say

membersihkan piring
setelah makan malam berdua
desis dari pencucian
bagai kata-kata mesra
yang tak lagi kita ucapkan


2/
let me be
as she told me in anger
i noticed
the rose in the vase
withering petal by petal

tinggalkan aku
saat ia berucap marah
aku sadari
mawar dalam vas mengering
kelopak demi kelopak


3/
in my solitary garden
grasses mown last month
it's now overgrown
watered with hope and dreams
i can only let it go

di taman terasing
rumput yang dipotong bulan lalu
kini tumbuh liar
disiram harap dan impian
yang hanya bisa kuikhlaskan

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Solitary shell haiku

solitary shells
i, carps and catfish
a warbler in the bush

ruang menyepi
aku, ikan mas dan lele
prenjak di semak