binding injuries
searing with the light of hope
lady with the lamp
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lady with the lamp
under the darkness of night
inner-beauty gleams
source- bbc
Inner Beauty Haiku
under
Complimenting Buson’s ”In the stillness”
in the stillness
between the arrival of guests
the peonies
.
awaiting the sound of steps
eyes droop down under spring sun
* The haiku is written by Buson and the two following verses are my creation, complimenting Buson’s haiku. For Carpe Diem Tan Renga #6.
“Baby…”
Under the star light, he silently moved towards her.
She was sitting on the pier, gazing at the ripples of water, appearing on the sea surface. They were on a vacation and he was in a weird mood all the time.
“Baby”
She heard his voice and looked back. He had a sharp knife, clenched in his left hand with a mad look in his eyes. She was speechless, her mouth gasped open. Coming back to her senses, she shrieked.
“Listen, baby”
She wailed a long cry for help.
Lights switched on and people came pouring out, some spreading torchlight to brighten the night in front of them.
“What?”
“What happened?”
“Who was that?”
“Did you hear…?”
“Mom, I am afraid.”
“Hey, do you know?”
Rushing towards the location, they saw the entire scene; a mad man with a knife going to kill a young woman.
“Hey…,” a brave man moved ahead, talking to the man with the knife, “Throw that away. You can’t do anything to her now.”
“But…”
“Throw it away.”
He threw it away.
“And what is in you right hand. What are you hiding?”
He brought his hand forward to show a chocolate cake, resting on his palm.
A wave of shock fell across the peering crowd and the muttering started again.
“It is for my wife. It is her birthday; so I brought across a cake for her to cut down under the celestial light. It was a surprise,” he meekly said and started to cry.
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* Written in response of the Trifecta Challenge: Light
Suzushi (cool/coolness) Haiku
under blazing sun
lone sweltering traveler
comes blowing cool breeze
.
feel of a cold breeze
sleeping under a fig tree
shaded from sunshine
.
cold water shower
after a day out in heat
a sound of relief
.
heavy clouds gather
after days of summer heat
cool drop falls on cheeks
.
playing small children
suzushi environment
change in the weather
* For Carpe Diem # 218
Blue Thing
The blue expanse up above
so wide, beneath which
all our lives astray
no path, just a foggy trance
confusion, delusion, askance
this life does nothing but betray
teach us all the lies, this bitch
of feelings, of emotions, of love
there is nothing but that blue thing
under which we all suffer and sing.
P.s.- Another one written just like Red Lust and Violet Juice. You can suggest the name for this particular poetic form, the rules of which are- (i) Three stanzas, rhyming scheme being- ABCD/DCBA/EE, (ii) Description of some strong emotion and (iii) Prominence of a color. And it would mean a lot to me if you would also write such a poem. Don’t forget to tell me about it.
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