Strange love song tanka

sitting alone
how strange it sounds now
our love song
in this moment  last year
i didn't want to get drunk

Sing me love song haiku

sing me love song
once she whispered in my ear
hummingbird

Warbler song haiku

misty morning
undulate movement of
warbler song

Window view haiku

window view--
unseen song of the
singing birds

Traffic light haiku quartet

1/
green light--
a glimpse of a little girl
holding her tambourine

2/
green light--
fading reverb of her
tambourine

3/
at the traffic light
discerning the sound of
different colors

4/
busy junction
her tambourine glistens with
unknown song

Pale moon haiku

‎1/
pale moon
piercing my window glass
owl's cry

2/
dark window glass
how far is it from here
to cricket song? 

Scythe moon haiku chain

1/
scythe moon
watching over paddy field
a scarecrow stands still

bulan sabit
di atas hamparan padi
hantu sawah diam

2/
midnight gust
wandering along the hallway
cut grass odor

angin tengah malam
melintas sepanjang lorong
bau jerami layu

3/
peasant song
his bamboo flute leads
the chirping birds

lagu petani
nada sulingnya memandu
koor burung-burung

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

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

Visiting neighbor haiga

Mother's voice haiku

cricket song
how familiar it is
my mother's voice

Ambrosia, issue 5 Summer 2010

Owl's song haiku

motor engines
imitate the owl’s song
:jakarta dusk

mesin-mesin motor
meniru nyanyian burung hantu
:senja jakarta

New song haiku

my daughter
rehearses a new song
march!

Wedomartani, March 6, 2010

Another rainy day tanka

after midnight
i prepare myself for
another rainy day
from the garden, cricket song
twice as loud

Wedomartani, February 9, 2010

Miss the frog tanka

in love with
rain, mist and cold breeze
from the ninth floor
it's the frogsong
that I miss


Makassar, December 17, 2009

Frogsong haiku

joyful distraction
frogsong slips thru' the sound
of splashing water

Perdikan, November 28, 2009

Bumpy road tanka

we sing
along this bumpy road
a love song
the chorus reminds me
i am traveling alone


Lapineung, August 29, 2009

City drain haiku

evening drizzle
an imperceptible song bounces
in the city drain


Peunayong, August 28, 2009