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

Begonia petals haiku

ruthless rain
begonia petals
fall


Pakembinangun and Wedomartani, March 2010

Fading affection tanka

first december
i try to figure out how fast
gardenia petals fall
as our mutual affection
starts fading away

Jl. Kaliurang Km 5, December 2, 2009