Tanka tepian hujan

: Chandra Prijosusilo

1/
di luar jendela
dedaunan menangkup
bening embun
dari hujan sesiangan
senyap merayap-rayap

2/
bulan menyabit
di pucuk rumpun bambu
sepanjang malam
hanya siulan angin
menggema di tiap ruang

Choir of dew haiga

Garden walk tanka sequence

1/
silent stroll
thru the morning mist
in garden of memories
nothing changed much
but the clouds and the chill

2/
long time no see
by the paved footpath
overgrown grasses
dews, leaves and the hibiscus
remind me who i was not

3/
picking lemongrass
for cooking this morning
the first time
i learn not to confuse
me and my alter ego

At the boulevard tanka

dawn returns
to boulevard seeing
those pines collecting the dews
where do you head for
only time will tell

pagi selalu ingin kembali
ke bulevar menyaksikan embun
berkumpul pada pucuk-pucuk pinus
ke mana kau menuju
biar kutunggu dua tiga windu

Smell of ashes haiku

morning dew
lingers on tobacco leaves
smell of ashes

embun bergelayut
di dedaunan tembakau
bau terbakar

Dream in monochrome tanka

longing for the light
matoa leaves
harvest the dews
a poet
dreams in monochrome

Wedomartani, February 9, 2010

Spider web haiku

trace of midnight rain
a dew trapped in a spider web

Pakembinangun, January 19, 2010

Shining dew tanka

after the dawn
i search every dew
for my last reverie
though you're not here
to keep it shining


Wedomartani, October 7, 2009