Showing posts with label Busy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Busy. Show all posts

Friday, November 25, 2011

Traffic light haiku quartet

1/
green light--
a glimpse of a little girl
holding her tambourine

2/
green light--
fading reverb of her
tambourine

3/
at the traffic light
discerning the sound of
different colors

4/
busy junction
her tambourine glistens with
unknown song

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Geriatric ward tanka chain

1/
how boring it is
to be here in G-ward
i make myself busy
with watching baby birds
learning to fly

sungguh membosankan
tinggal di klinik jompo
aku menyibukkan diri
memperhatikan anak-anak burung
belajar terbang


2/
same meal
same taste
dear chef,
does your recipe
read like a poetry?

menu yang sama
citarasa yang sama
wahai juru masak
apakah resepmu terbaca
seperti puisi?


3/
please, don't hesitate
to reach me
you spend too much time
trickling down thru'
the infuse line

jangan ragu
untuk menyentuhku
kau habiskan terlalu banyak waktu
menetes, mengalir lewat
selang infus

Thursday, January 27, 2011

A table for two tanka

less talk
at a table for two
we are too busy with foods
or is it the rain falling
within our minds?

After an online discussion with my fellow tanka poets, the altered version goes..

a table for two
we talk less for
these good foods
or is it the rain falling
within our minds?

Indonesian translation needed. Somebody help me!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Beggar's bowl haiku

busy roadside
filling a beggar's bowl
day moon

jalanan sibuk
mangkuk pengemis penuh
bulan kesiangan