Retired troubadour haiga

Hardly breathing tanka

hardly breathing in
this sultry April evening
deeper and deeper
the scar i tried to hide
carved on my heart of stone

One by one tanka

one by one
the trees let the leaves go
in evening wind
the words we created
walk past our shadows

Frog song haiku

frog song
her last farewell
in evening drizzle

Mahogany treetop haiku

mahogany treetop
leans on the park bench
pale evening

Painful guitar tanka

I wrote this tanka shortly after I played Santana on my player. Easily it seized me, and I just could not resist the temptation to write this.

windy evening
i rehearse new song
on my guitar
the pain you left lately
stiffens my fingers

petang berangin
kulatih lagu baru
pada gitarku
pedih yang kau tinggalkan
bekukan jemariku

No dance tanka

thinking about you
i decided not to dance
with the evening wind
not knowing
what to save for last

memikirkanmu
aku tak ingin menari
bersama angin lembah
entah apa yang masih tersisa
untukku besok hari

A crow returns haiku

a crow returns
to it's own shadow
saturday evening

gagak pulang
ke bayangannya sendiri--
sabtu sore

Wrinkled quilt haiku

sudden evening rain
splashes chill on windowglass
wrinkles on the quilt

Darmasraya, December 10, 2009.

A bucket of rain haiku

evening breeze
comes for dinner with
a bucket of rain

Medan, September 4, 2009

City drain haiku

evening drizzle
an imperceptible song bounces
in the city drain


Peunayong, August 28, 2009