Dog day haiku

1/
a narrow escape
from my alter ego--
culmination

2/
dog day
his solar panel harvesting
withered leaves

3/
midday drizzle
perfect distraction
for his diagnosis

4/
high noon--
the ice cream guy
gets one for himself

5/
the kiss
i never steal--
first rain


Wedomartani, October 23, 2018

Waning moon

1/
waning moon
as I let her go
to the past
the grief I keep

only for my self

2/

dusk--
counting the days
she spends solitarily
quietly, lengthen and fade
the shadows of leafless twigs

3/
morning mist
faint murmur from the deep
primeval forest
so much to decode
in her sleepy eyes

Wedomartani, September 20, 2016

Paper boat and drizzle tanka

1/
tell me, owl
about nothingness
under this roof
a sheer monotony
of midnight drizzle

2/
love
is sacred
lightly
he sends a paper boat
down the river

What's left tanka

what's left
by the rain today
this chill
i feel on my skin
you on yours

Midnight cricket haiku

midnight crickets
knowing you, like me too, like
nothing else matters

Naked moon

never before
I found it so tantalizing
naked moon

Heatwave haiku

1/
heatwave--
if only I could comprehend
mother's grief

2/
she loosens
her grip on our oath
lingering heat

3/
slightly it goes
my laundry line down
the heatwave

Skyscraper haiku

skyscrapers--
hiding from anything
she was

Cherry blossom haiku

blossom viewing
caressing his bald head
so motherly

cherry blossom
her first blind date
after divorce

High noon haiku

high noon--
growing the shadows
of dead trees

Ordinary love haiku and tanka

1/
crescent moon--
the midnight's chill
down to the root

2/
you gave me
no ordinary love
by the campfire
too much warmth
to freeze in time

Loveboat haiku and tanka

1/
he decided to paddle
his loveboat to distant shore
and his vow
was about returning to grow
trees for nesting birds

2/
cornerview
birdbath
birdless

3/
gecko's voice--
secretly counting
her fingers

4/
wingbeat of bats
and so falls the night
dressed in black

5/
love, like life
will find a way
don't ask
why i cover my face
with layers of rain

The chill

the chill comes home summer rain

Mistletoe haiku

homecoming
my dad's lemon tree
with a mistletoe

Lunchbox haiku

morning rush--
a rattling sound from
his lunchbox

Trampled stone haiku

barefoot walk
fading heat of
trampled stone

Long lasting rain haiku

long lasting rain
discerning the shiver
in her voice

awet hujan
getar yang tertangkap
pada suaranya

Morning rush haiku

morning rush
a yellow leaf takes
a free ride

Medical record haiku

week end surprise--
some new entries on his
medical record

New lesson haiku

starting new lesson
with copying Watabei--
cherry blossoms