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

Midday drizzle haiku and tanka

1/
whirlwind
cut hay takes
another turn

2/
a silent flight of
yesterday grasses in
midday drizzle

3/
there's always an end
of seasons, love and life
the trees, you and I
calling for the rain to revive
the spirit of dead leaves

The birds and the tree tanka

1/
too much argument
to win about loyalty
and love? what love?
ah, look! the pine we planted
welcoming the birds to nest

2/
how long the drought
will it be in our marriage?
before the first rain
we know the baby birds
flying off the bare tree

Embun di pucuk ilalang

1/
embun di pucuk ilalang
sebening yang kau perlu untuk
membuatnya runduk

2/
di rerumputan
ia menangkap belalang
lamun nan lepas

3/
sepanjang siang
lenguh domba-domba
dari kandang

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

Uninvited guest haiku

uninvited guest
too much introduction
for another dimes

I like it brown haiku

i like it brown
she keeps her yes on
my prescription

I build a fortress tanka

i build a fortress
to keep the darkness away
o my wintry days
can you see my thoughts
meandering along broken dreams

Thin cloth tanka

how can you find
me, with puzzled mind
under the canopy
you merciless stare
pierces my thin cloth

I see you haiku

i see you
in the heatwave sweeping my lawn
yellow feather

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

Life's light haiku

life's light
anything to worry about
a click away

Unopened heart haiku

unopened heart
in the faint light I let it
be fireflies..

Reaching into dusk haiku

reaching into dusk
her tiny hands offer me
passion fruit

A burst of her laughter haiku

outside the window
a burst of her laughter
like love like light

A fence around tanka

a fence around
our house to keep it out
anything but us
your dream of wandering
my poem, my lost love

Retired troubadour haiga

For better or worse haiga

Seeking true love; two tanka

1/

seeking

true love

peel by peel

of her

onion

2/

make love to me...

she embraces me in

warmest kiss

i run out of breath

run out of my self

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