To the hill, I mounted barefoot to see sun rising from ashes,
Heart thumping, blooms a sweet desire in my heart to touch, kiss the sky,
A river, meandering through deep valley makes me feel alight
source- capetown travel
Poetic form: Sijo
fluttering white wings
tears of love shed on the beings
a rain-angel smiles
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a rain-angel smiles
compassion for the earthlings
makes everything right
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makes everything right
colors splatter on the sky
happiness abounds
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happiness abounds
her compassionate smiling
reverent heads bow
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reverent heads bow
the love spreads its wings to fly
peace ensues around
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peace ensues around
compassion for each other
a happy ending
source- daily painters
the old pond
a frog jumps in –
the sound of water
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ripples appear on surface
reflecting the cloudy sky
* For Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge. The popular haiku is written by Basho, one of the most famous haiku poets. And complimenting it are my own two lines, thereby completing the renga.
silent noise around
a lonely stroll down the street
finding my way back
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looking at the sky
warm sun caressing the cheeks
lips begin to hum
* Written in response of Carpe Diem # 234. I know these haiku do not particularly match today’s theme. But it resonates with what nearing autumn means to me. The end of summer for me is the time when I can go for a stroll around in the city; being solitary even when I am am surrounded by a crowd. Autumn here is quite different; the trees do not shed leaves this time of the year. It is not so beautiful but it is beautiful, for it also marks the arrival of the major festivities. I now remember the autumn of the last year- it was peaceful, and it was a respite from the difficult time. I smiled, I talked to people- there was an unflinching voice within me reminding me of what I have been through and cautioning of what would happen in the future, but still I found some really good moments. Today at this stage I long for them, like when I was at that stage, I longed for a further gone away past. I have never been able to understand my longings for something which has gone or for something which resides in my fantasies. But it is so and I live with it everyday.
after fireworks
the silence is clearer
darkness is deeper
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eyes look upon the dark sky
awaiting another blaze
* Written in response of Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge # 4.
* The intriguing haiku is written by Bjorn Rudberg. The challenge was to write a couplet, two verses of 7 syllables each, complimenting the haiku.
Here is another one,
after fireworks
the silence is clearer
darkness is deeper
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ears keep on buzzing with sounds
eyes glisten with faded light
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