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

Mirror pond haiku

1/
another minutes
to measure the heat on her
palm sunset

2/
mirror pond
a bare tree spans
the future and past

I see you haiku

i see you
in the heatwave sweeping my lawn
yellow feather

The heat haiga

Another collaborative work with Bambang N. Karim, appears on Notes from The Gean 3;3, December 2011

Bend the air tanka

the heat
bends the air
that's how the nature works
you say and turn
your back on me

panas
selalu membelokkan angin
begitulah kerja hukum alam
kau berkata dan berbalik
meninggalkanku

Sunbath tanka

I stand in the sun
quenching my thirst for light
and heat
but it's you
that keeps me warm


Banda Raya, August 28, 2009