I build a fortress tanka

i build a fortress
to keep the darkness away
o my wintry days
can you see my thoughts
meandering along broken dreams

A fence around tanka

a fence around
our house to keep it out
anything but us
your dream of wandering
my poem, my lost love

Blackness thickens haiku

1/
moonless night
curiously searching
the other side of me

2/
orion…
my boy's dream of being
simple person

3/
in my coffee cup
blackness thickens
milky way

Three tanka

1/
sleeps too deep
or so it seems to me
roadside mimosa
her diamond earrings glisten
with the first light

2/
the scent of cut hay
from the harvested field
you shall set it free
once you said about my dream
that sleeps in a heap of grass

3/
we lose them 
one after another
after certain age*
will you catch me
when i'm a falling petal

*Inspired by Murakami's 1Q84

Two tanka leftovers...

1/
reaching
into my eardrum
distant thunder
what lies in between us
shivering window glass


2/
the warm touch
of morning sunbeam
in my bed
i dream of walking
alone to nowhere

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

Dream rain haiku

so colorful
my dream about rain
like i see it

sungguh berwarna
mimpiku tentang hujan
seperti kulihat

When dream and tide collide

Bad dream haiku

awaken
from bad dream, why
feel so incomplete

terbangun
dari mimpi buruk, entah kenapa
rasanya ada yang kurang

Smoldering dream haiku

a dream smoldering
by the fireplace
you stand and stare

mimpi melapuk
di dekat perapian
kau memandang terpaku

Dream in monochrome tanka

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

Wedomartani, February 9, 2010

Smoldering dream haiku

dawn--
I see my dream
smoldering


Lampineung, September 13, 2009