The color of the wind haiku

moonlit night
knowing the color of the wind
too dark, too dark

Tanka tepian hujan 2

:Chandra Prijosusilo

1/
gerimis pagi
membanjiri sarang burung
kosong dan dingin
terasa sungguh ranjang ini
terlalu besar untukku

morning drizzle
taking over the bird nest
cold and left out
i eventually realized
this bed too big for one

2/
terjaga semalam
oleh suara gerimis
kusimak seksama
keluh dan gelisahnya yang
tak terucap, tak tertulis

woke up last night
to the sound of light rain
i was all ears
to her griefs and sorrow
unspoken, unwritten

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

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

Moonless night haiku

moonless night
scattered under bamboo grove
fallen stars

Silent night..haiga

Thanks to my colleague Esdoubleu Lie who contributes his haiku for the painting.

House of light haiga

First collaboration with my fellow photographer Denies Senopranoto.

Moonless night haiku

moonless night
even my shadow refuses
to walk with me

Beach haiku

‎1/
wave-washed sand castle--
the fading warmth of
your laughter

2/
i know, dear
you were stars last night
pebbles on the beach

3/
barefooted--
knowing why the left
deeper in the sand

Climate change, a haibun

00.23 AM. The night is young and it's me grappling with a stack of paperworks on the desk while some junk emails await for removal. "You need spam blocker," she says, seeing my grumpy face, again, before my Macbook. She stands from her chair, heads for the bedroom and leaves me with my weary head. "Yeah, I know," I reply but she seems no longer in conversation mode.

My iTunes plays Suzi Quatro's Cat Size at the bottom of the customized vintage rock playlist. I take a sip of my coffee, feel how the sediment roughly slides down my throat, and turn on the room TV for a little distraction. The hotel clock shows 01.26 AM, I straighten my back and stop scanning the channels for climate update on Discovery.

melting iceberg
she's in satin lingerie
digesting Rumi

Letter unread haiku

now it's raining
the letter you wrote last night
remains unread

malahan hujan
suratmu yang semalam
belum kubaca

One in a million tanka

night in the open
consumed with cricket song
we know out of millions
there's a star for us
each and everyone

Haiku Pix Review #2/Spring 2011

Night make up haiku

silent pond
night make up on her face
the orion

kolam diam
riasan malam di wajahnya
bintang belantik*

Vincent's haiku

1/
lonely night stroll
a distant chant in the breeze
Starry starry night

jalam malam sendiri
angin lembut membisikkan
Starry starry night

2/
undying star
in the garden of irises
a man named Vincent

bintang abadi
di taman iris
lelaki itu Vincent

*Homage to Don McLean and Vincent van Gogh

Heavenly bodies haiku

1/
starry sky
my neighbor's guitar play
reverbs low notes

langit berbintang
suara gitar tetangga
penuh nada rendah

2/
moonlight saint
shining streetlights
and white haloes

santa sinar bulan
lampu-lampu jalan menyala
dan halo putih

3/
leaning back
in my folding chair
moon in the puddle

duduk bersandar
di kursi lipatku
bulan di comberan

4/
empty coffee cup
and stains on my table cloth
the trail of supermoon

cangkir kopi kosong
dan bercak di taplak meja
jejak super moon

5/
mars and venus
where do i come from
my boy's inquiry

mars dan venus
dari mana asal muasalku
anakku bertanya

Tidal wave haiku

tidal waves..
cherry blossoms fall
to the coldest night

gelombang tinggi...
bunga sakura rontok
ke dingin malam

Night fair haiku

night fair...
fireflies and fireworks
mimicking each other

pasar malam
kunang-kunang dan kembang api
bertukar riasan


Note:
First appeared in Haiku Pix Review #1, 2011, Poland, USA and Taiwan
The published version was originally written in english and banyumasan tongue javanese.

Night choir haiku

long long night
a poet joins cricket
night choir

malam yang panjang
seorang penyair berdendang
dalam koor para jangkrik

Sorrow on the roof haiku

night rain
washes the dust away
sorrow on the roof

hujan malam
membasuh debu, nyeri
bertahan di atap

Visiting neighbor haiga